Department of Medicine

Sun Kim

Publication Details

  • Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in gastric bypass patients with hypoglycemic syndrome: no evidence for inappropriate pancreatic beta-cell function.

    Kim SH, Abbasi F, Lamendola C, Reaven GM, McLaughlin T. Obes Surg. 2010; 20 (8): 1110-6

    Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) has been associated with a hypoglycemic syndrome characterized by postprandial hypoglycemia and hyperinsulinemia. The syndrome is believed to occur due to insulin hypersecretion from either pancreatic beta-cell hyperplasia or hyperfunction.

    PubMedID: 20665189

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