| Description |
xiv, 1209 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 1 map, portraits ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
The history of diabetes / Donald M. Barnett and Leo P. Krall - Sect. I: Basic mechanisms of islet development and function -- Sect. II: Hormone action and the regulation of metabolism -- Sect. III: Diabetes: definition, genetics, and pathogenesis -- Sect. IV: Obesity and lipoprotein disorders -- Sect. V: Treatment of diabetes mellitus -- Sect. VI: Biology of the complications of diabetes -- Sect. VII: Diabetic complications: clinical aspects -- Sect. VIII: Hypoglycemia and islet cell tumors - Index |
| Summary |
Thoroughly revised and updated by more than 80 noted experts from the Joslin Diabetes Center and other leading institutions worldwide, this edition includes a new eleven-chapter section on hormone action and the regulation of metabolism. The section on definition and pathogenesis now includes chapters on genetics, diabetes in Asia and Africa, and diabetes in U.S. minority groups. Other new chapters cover retinopathy, cardiovascular disease, wound healing, and treatment of women with diabetes. All of the Fourteenth Edition's figures have been completely updated |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Philadelphia, Pa. : Lea & Febiger, 1994 |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online |
| Subject |
Diabetes.
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Diabetes Mellitus.
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| Author |
Kahn, C. Ronald.
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Ovid Technologies, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2004025662 |
| ISBN |
0781727960 : |
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