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Summary
A highly purified preparation of glucagon (pancreatic hyperglycemic-glycogenolytic factor, HGF) was administered intravenously to normal and diabetic subjects. Two different types of responses in blood sugar and serum inorganic phosphorus were found between the more common stable and the rarer labile diabetic. The responses seem to fall into patterns compatible with present concepts of the two broad clinical varieties of diabetes mellitus.
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