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JOSEPH J. FRANKEL, M.D.; CLYDE E. ASBURY, Jr., M.D.; LYLE A. BAKER, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1950;86(3):376-390.

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CONTRARY to general belief, there appears to be a paucity of clinical studies on the pathologic effect of diabetes mellitus on the cellular structure and function of the liver. It is through the fine work and attractive theories of Soskin that the spotlight of diabetic investigation has again found the liver. This organ, with its multiplicity of function, is gradually emerging from a veil of mystery that has long surrounded it and is being forced to reveal its secrets through the careful and persevering study of the biochemist, physiologist and pathologist and, by means of their efforts, to the clinician.

If, as Soskin and Levine¹ suggested, the liver is the regulatory organ, the thermostat in determining the blood level of glucose, does hepatic dysfunction disrupt this fine balance and act to produce abnormalities of glycemia, or, on the other hand, do wide sweeps in diabetic control result in disturbance . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HINES, ILL.

From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital.

Footnotes
Sponsored by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

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