VARIATIONS IN WHITE BLOOD CELLS FOLLOWING THE ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF GLUCOSE TO DIABETICS AND NONDIABETICS*

Abstract
The admn. of 100 g. of glucose in the form of an oral glucose tolerance test results in a decrease in the total no. of circulating lymphocytes in the peripheral blood. The decrease appears to be significantly greater in patients with diabetes mellitus than in nondiabetics. Intraven. admn. to a patient with Simmonds'' disease and to one with Addison''s disease produced a decrease in circulating lymphocytes similar to that observed in a nondiabetic.

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