Relationship between gamma-glutamyl transferase and glucose intolerance in first degree relatives of type 2 diabetics patients

Background: Considering that serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity could reflect several different processes relevant to diabetes pathogenesis and the increasing rate of type 2 diabetes worldwide, the aim of this study was to assess the association between serum GGT concentrations and gluc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sassan Haghighi, Massoud Amini, Zahra Pournaghshband, Peyvand Amini, Silva Hovsepian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2011;volume=16;issue=2;spage=123;epage=129;aulast=Haghighi