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Question: A five year old girl displayed increased apetite, increased urinary frequency and thirst. Her physician suspected new onset diabetes mellitus and confirmed that she had elevated urine glucose and ketones. Blood glucose levels were 250 mg/dL (normal 90-120) in the girl presenting above, the increase in blood glucose is primarily due to which of the following?

increase hepatic gluconeogenesis or

decrease in glucose uptake by glut 2

 

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