Abnormal glucose metabolism in cystic fibrosis
A Moran, L Doherty, X Wang, W Thomas - The Journal of pediatrics, 1998 - jpeds.com
Antoinette Moran, MD, Leah Doherty, RN, Xuewei Wang, MS, and William Thomas, PhD
providers are most familiar with, type 1 diabetes (formerly called insulin-dependent
diabetes) and type 2 diabetes (formerly called non-insulin-dependent diabetes), are not
usually appropriate to describe the CF patient with diabetes and can be misleading if used
in this population. In this article we suggest an approach to the classification of glucose
tolerance in CF and review the current state of knowledge of glucose metabolism in CF.
providers are most familiar with, type 1 diabetes (formerly called insulin-dependent
diabetes) and type 2 diabetes (formerly called non-insulin-dependent diabetes), are not
usually appropriate to describe the CF patient with diabetes and can be misleading if used
in this population. In this article we suggest an approach to the classification of glucose
tolerance in CF and review the current state of knowledge of glucose metabolism in CF.