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Status of alpha cells with diabetes

2017-02-24 10:57:28
When sugar is low with diabetic patient why don't alpha cells secrete glucagon? If one get diabetes both b cells and alpha cells got damaged?
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thats the negative feed back mechanism of the body, thats how all signalling in the body works

Answered2017-02-26 08:37:00

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