insulin sensitivity test

insulin sensitivity test
(for differentiation of diabetes mellitus from pituitary and adrenal diabetes) a test dose of exogenous insulin will produce a rapid and marked decrease in blood glucose levels if the pancreas is not secreting enough insulin. A much less dramatic response is produced if hyperglycemia is due to excessive secretion of either anterior pituitary or adrenocortical hormones.

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