The blood glucose lowering effects of exercise and glibenclamide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Physical exercise is associated with a fall in serum insulin levels, whereas sulphonylurea administration increases insulin release. To date, the opposing effects of exercise and sulphonylurea administration have not been systematically studied in Type 2 diabetic patients, who are not infrequently treated with sulphonylureas. In this study nine patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus were subjected to four treatments in random order on separate days: (A) endurance exercise after the administration of 3.

[Pregnancy after kidney transplantation].

The course of 13 pregnancies in 12 women (mean age 28 [19-34] years) after renal transplantation was analysed retrospectively. The average period from renal transplantation to the beginning of pregnancy was 45 [7-144] months. All patients received methylprednisolone for immunosuppression, while seven each additionally received azathioprine and/or cyclosporin.