Rehfeld JF, Heding LG. Increased release of gut glucagon in reactive hypoglycaemia.
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1970;
2:706-7. [PMID:
5429655 PMCID:
PMC1700662 DOI:
10.1136/bmj.2.5711.706]
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Abstract
A patient with reactive hypoglycaemia showed hypersecretion of insulin in response to enteral beta-cell stimulation. Increased levels of gut glucagon-like immunoreactivity in serum were demonstrated by use of specific antisera. Other measurable hormones influencing carbohydrate metabolism were within normal limits. It is suggested that gut glucagon-like immunoreactivity may be of pathogenetic significance in reactive hypoglycaemia.
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