The association between nonalcoholic fatty pancreas disease and diabetes.

BACKGROUND: Fatty infiltration of the pancreas has been shown to interfere with insulin secretion. Both insulin sensitivity and secretion are important in the pathogenesis of diabetes and prediabetes. However, the relationship between diabetes, prediabetes, and fatty pancreas remains unknown. We aim...

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Main Authors: Horng-Yih Ou, Chih-Yuan Wang, Yi-Ching Yang, Ming-Fong Chen, Chih-Jen Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3643962?pdf=render