[Clinical evaluation of insulin resistance].
Insulin resistance is a characteristic feature of NIDDM. Several methods to evaluate insulin resistance including euglycemic clamp study, Bergman's minimal model method, HOMA-R method and others. Some of these methods require long time which may be a disadvantage for the patients. More studies are necessary to prove that some of simple methods can be applied to all the patients with NIDDM.
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First Department of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University.
D000818:Animals; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*