Metabolic effects of Bordetella pertussis
The present work confirmed that B. pertussis infection or pertussis toxin produce hypoglycaemia in mice. The hypoglycaemia was associated with hyperinsulinaemia, and both were abolished by destruction of the pancreatic β cells with alloxan. Impaired glucose counterregulatory mechanisms may also cont...
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University of Strathclyde
1987
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.232794 |