[Pancreatic glucagon and the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus (author's transl)].
Eleven patients who had had total pancreatic resection had hyperglycaemia (16.8 +/- 7.7 mmol/1 corresponding to 3.02 +/- 1.38 g/l) after fasting for 14 or 36 hours. After arginine stimulation there was no evidence for pancreatic glucagon. These findings indicate that (1) in man there are no sites of pancreatic glucagon production outside of the (resected) pancreas; (2) marked hyperglycaemia may occur without glucagon.
D000328:Adult; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology*; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000503:physiopathology; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D013997:Time Factors
D005934:Glucagon
Pankreasglucagon und Pathogenese des Diabetes mellitus.