Glucose tolerance test at UCSF
- Definition
- is a process in which following administration of a bolus a glucose in-vivo, glucose clearance from blood plasma is monitored over time by repeated glucose measurement in blood serum. the output of a process is a measure which can be used to evaluate the severity of insulin resistance or the efficiency of glucose clearance.
- Categories
- Technique → Assay → Molecular assay → Glucose tolerance test
Parnassus
Islet Production Core
Diabetes Research Center,
Parnassus
Contact: Gregory Szot
Gregory.Szot@ucsf.edu
- Glucose-stimulated insulin release, in vitro