...Richard T. Moxley, III; William J. Kingston; Kenneth L. Minaker; Alastair J. Corbett; John W. Rowe 1. To quantify the degree of whole body insulin resistance in patients with myotonic dystrophy and to determine if these same patients display signs of a whole body decrease in the action of insulin...

...Richard T. Moxley; William Kingston; Robert C. Griggs 1. The concentration of amino acids in whole blood was measured before and during standard 5 h oral glucose tolerance testing in six male patients with myotonic dystrophy and five normal males. The plasma levels of insulin and glucose were also...

...Richard T. Moxley; Robert C. Griggs; Gilbert B. Forbes; David Goldblatt; Katherine Donohoe 1. The effect of muscle wasting on glucose tolerance was studied. Oral glucose tolerance testing was performed in three groups of wasted patients: myotonic dystrophy (11); amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (10...

...Kaoru Tanaka; Kenzo Takeshita; Minoru Takita 1. Serum bile acids in seven patients with adult type myotonic dystrophy and 22 normal persons were quantitatively analysed by gas—liquid chromatography and gas chromatography—mass spectrometry for cholesterol, γ-glutamyltransferase and bilirubin...