up home page bottom

Add a comment Bookmark

French German version Spanish version Italian version

headermask image

header image

CFRD Fact #12

How might early diabetes cause CF clinical decline? It is currently unknown, but here are some theories:

  • Insulin Deficiency
    • Insulin is an anabolic hormone which promotes conservation of body protein, fat and carbohydrate stores.
  • Malnutrition and protein catabolism are clearly associated with death in CF.

If you liked my post, feel free to subscribe to my rss feeds


This entry was written by Salty and posted on March 28, 2008 and filed under CFRD Facts, Cystic Fibrosis, Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes.
Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.
Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

Share with others

Post CFRD Fact #12 to digg. Post CFRD Fact #12 to Reddit add to stumbleupon Google Bookmark myweb bookmark on del.cio.us newsvine Tailrank magnolia Furl co.mments shadows simpy blinklist

Post a Comment

Your email is never published nor shared. Required fields are marked *

*
*