1991
Insulin Resistance: An Early Metabolic Defect of Turner's Syndrome*
CAPRIO S, BOULWARE S, DIAMOND M, SHERWIN R, CARPENTER TO, RUBIN K, AMIEL S, PRESS M, TAMBORLANE W. Insulin Resistance: An Early Metabolic Defect of Turner's Syndrome*. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1991, 72: 832-836. PMID: 2005209, DOI: 10.1210/jcem-72-4-832.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin-stimulated glucose metabolismEarly metabolic defectsNormal controlsGlucose metabolismTurner syndromeEuglycemic clampInsulin resistanceGroup 2Metabolic defectsTurner patientsAge-matched normal controlsChain amino acid levelsGroup of patientsRisk of diabetesNonoxidative glucose disposalIntracellular glucose metabolismWhole-body glucoseHepatic glucose productionNondiabetic patientsEstrogen therapyHormone therapyYounger patientsGlucose disposalHepatic sensitivityInsulin sensitivity
1988
Insulin Resistance and Hyperinsulinemia in Patients with Thalassemia Major Treated by Hypertransfusion
Merkel PA, Simonson DC, Amiel SA, Plewe G, Sherwin RS, Pearson HA, Tamborlane WV. Insulin Resistance and Hyperinsulinemia in Patients with Thalassemia Major Treated by Hypertransfusion. New England Journal Of Medicine 1988, 318: 809-814. PMID: 3281000, DOI: 10.1056/nejm198803313181303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin resistanceInsulin levelsThalassemia majorInsulin-stimulated glucose metabolismC-peptide levelsDevelopment of diabetesOral glucose administrationPlasma insulin levelsHypertransfusion therapyPubertal patientsPrepubertal patientsDiabetes mellitusGlucose toleranceInsulin deficiencyPubertal childrenGlucose administrationInsulin secretionIron overloadPrepubertal childrenChelation therapyPubertal subjectsGlucose metabolismBeta cellsHyperglycemic stimulusPatients