Download or read book Mechanisms of Growth Hormone- and Insulin-induced Alterations in Metabolism During Critical Illness written by Dieter Mesotten and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a Ph.D. dissertation. In this thesis attention will be focuses on the mechanisms by which growth hormone and insulin modify some major metabolic pathways, in light of their opposite effects on outcome of critical iliness. Chapter 1 comprises a bri"