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Abbreviations

IVGTT:

Intravenous glucose tolerance test

SG :

glucose effectiveness

SI :

insulin sensitivity

NIDDM:

non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

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  1. San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy

    A. Caumo

  2. Department of Electronics and Informatics, University of Padova, I-35131, Padova, Italy

    P. Vicini &  C. Cobelli

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Caumo, A., Vicini, P. & Cobelli, C. Is the minimal model too minimal?. Diabetologia 39, 997–1000 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403922

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