title: [The oral glucose tolerance test (author's transl)].
abstract: Far from exploring pancreatic endocrine function only, the oral glucose tolerance test curve depends upon a group of digestive, hepatic, tissular, hormonal and nervous processes which are worth analyzing. Tests conducted under perfectly standardized conditions, and with results lying within the limits of figures obtained in a normal population of the same age, are usually good indicators of satisfactory cellular, hepatic, and endocrine function. When figures are much outside normal limits, however, a diagnosis of diabetes or pre-diabetes should not be made immediately, but should lead to discussion, point by point, of the different variation factors possible. The simultaneous measurement of blood insulin levels had added a complement to this test essential for differentiation of the different types of hyperglycemia.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002477:Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011972:Receptor, Insulin
vernacular_title: L'épreuve d'hyperglycémie par voie buccale.