Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (959 page)

   Some CNS lesions (subarachnoid hemorrhage, convulsive states)

   Effect of drugs (e.g., corticosteroids, estrogens, alcohol, phenytoin, thiazides, propranolol, chronic hypervitaminosis A)

Decreased In

   Pancreatic disorders

   Islet cell tumor, hyperplasia

   Pancreatitis

   Glucagon deficiency

   Extrapancreatic tumors

   Carcinoma of the adrenal gland

   Carcinoma of the stomach

   Fibrosarcoma

   Other

   Hepatic disease

   Diffuse severe disease (e.g., poisoning, hepatitis, cirrhosis, primary or metastatic tumor)

   Endocrine disorders