INSULIN RESISTANCE (WITH OBSERVATIONS IN AN UNUSUAL CASE)
Authors: Jacob J. Schloss
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Case Reports1 September 1943INSULIN RESISTANCE (WITH OBSERVATIONS IN AN UNUSUAL CASE)JACOB J. SCHLOSS, M.D.JACOB J. SCHLOSS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-3-533 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA casual reader of the literature on diabetes may get the impression that "insulin resistance" is of rather frequent occurrence. A more careful study, however, makes it obvious that various authors refer to different phenomena when speaking of insulin resistance.Falta and his pupils16, 17, 19attempted to classify diabetics into the two groups of "insulin sensitive" and "insulin resistant" cases. This classification was based on the results of special methods for determining the quantitative relation of insulin and carbohydrates. 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ZECKWER IT: Resistance to insulin; response to insulin in rabbits during leucocytosis induced by sodium nucleinate, Arch. Path., 1932, xiii, 766-778. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication July 19, 1941.From the Diagnostic Hospital of the New England Medical Center, Service of Dr. Joseph H. Pratt, and the Department of Medicine, Tufts College Medical School.†Deceased. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMarked insulin resistance in diabetes mellitusUnusual Requirements for Insulin: Resistance, Refractoriness, Insensitivity To Insulin 1 September 1943Volume 19, Issue 3Page: 533-548KeywordsCarbohydratesDiagnostic medicineHospital medicineInsulinInsulin resistance ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...