Azotemia and Glucose Intolerance
Authors: JAMES M. CERLETTY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Article1 June 1967Azotemia and Glucose IntoleranceJAMES M. CERLETTY, M.D., NORMAN H. ENGBRING, M.D.JAMES M. CERLETTY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, NORMAN H. ENGBRING, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-6-1097 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occurrence of glucose intolerance in patients with renal failure has been known for 50 years (1-3); however, the cause of this impaired tolerance is not yet established. Perkoff and colleagues (4) suggested that urea may have a specific effect on glucose metabolism in uremia. They reported a decreased rate of glucose disappearance from the blood of normal subjects fed urea for several days but were unable to detect any influence of urea on the uptake of glucose by rat diaphragm in vitro. 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CERLETTY, M.D.; NORMAN H. ENGBRING, M.D.Affiliations: Milwaukee, WisconsinFrom the Department of Medicine, Marquette University School of Medicine and the Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis.This work was supported in part by grants 2 T1 AM 5023 and 5 M01 FR 00058-05, the U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.Requests for reprints should be addressed to James M. Cerletty, M.D., Milwaukee County General Hospital, 8700 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 53226. 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