THE SERUM INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS PATTERN DURING THE AUGMENTED INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST IN ACROMEGALY

Abstract

SUMMARY A study has been made of the inorganic serum phosphorus pattern in twenty-one acromegalic subjects during the 'augmented insulin tolerance test'. The serum phosphorus curve differed from normal in an elevated fasting level and, more especially, a reduction in the maximum fall. The latter anomaly is far more marked and constant than those found in the blood-sugar curve, and would thus seem to be a reliable criterion for the 'activity' of acromegaly.