Response to "Preserved" glucagon secretion in fulminant type 1 diabetes.

We compared the glucagon responses to arginine stimulation in five patients with fulminant type 1 diabetes and five age- and diabetes duration-matched acute-onset type 1 diabetes, and the curves of the glucagon responses were similar. In our study, we measured the glucagon levels by not only radioimmunoassay, but also novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.