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Insulin resistance and insulin deficiency in the pathogenesis of Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: errors of metabolism or of methods?
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Insulin resistance and insulin deficiency in the pathogenesis of Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: errors of metabolism or of methods?

  • L. C. Groop1,
  • E. Widén2 &
  • E. Ferrannini3 

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, Malmö General Hospital, University of Lund, Malmö, Sweden

    L. C. Groop

  2. Fourth Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

    E. Widén

  3. Metabolism Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    E. Ferrannini

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Groop, L.C., Widén, E. & Ferrannini, E. Insulin resistance and insulin deficiency in the pathogenesis of Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: errors of metabolism or of methods?. Diabetologia 36, 1326–1331 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00400814

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Keywords

  • Public Health
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Internal Medicine
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Human Physiology
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