Circadian variations of plasma somatostatin levels in healthy subjects.

The plasma levels of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity, growth hormone and insulin were measured using a RIA method in healthy volunteers every 4h during the day and every 2h at night, without waking the subjects. In the waking state the fluctuation of plasma somatostatin-like immunoreactivity level only occurred near to meal time. A marked episodic surge of plasma SLI (peak value, 127.

Left ventricular diastolic filling improvement obtained by intravenous verapamil in mild to moderate essential hypertension: a complex effect.

In order to try and evaluate through what prevailing mechanism verapamil (V) can induce an improvement in left ventricular (LV) diastolic early filling in mild to moderate essential hypertension, 43 properly classified essential hypertensives, aged 41-74 years (mean age 58.1 +/- 10.3), and 20 age-matched normotensives were studied.

Estimate of prevalence of glucose intolerance in chronic liver disease. Degree of agreement among some diagnostic criteria.

In patients with chronic liver disease, the reliability of various criteria generally used to diagnose impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes was evaluated. Twenty-one patients with chronic persistent hepatitis, 68 patients with chronic active hepatitis and 57 patients with liver cirrhosis were studied. All subjects underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (75 g).