Understanding diabetes : a biochemical perspective /

• Main Author: Dods, Richard F., 1938- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, a John Wiley & Sons, Inc., publication, 2013.
• Subjects: Diabetes.; Glucose.; Diabetes Mellitus.; Glucose > metabolism.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Diabetes.; Electronic books.

A clear explanation of the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes. Written for a broad range of readers, including students, researchers, policymakers, health care providers, and diabetes patients and caregivers, this book explains the underlying biochemistry and physiology of diabetes mellitus...

Table of Contents:

• A pandemic in the making
• Early history of diabetes mellitus
• A glucose metabolism primer
• Regulation of glucose metabolism
• Glucose metabolism gone wrong
• Classification system for diabetes mellitus
• Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus
• Complications of diabetes mellitus and their pathophysiology
• Hereditary transmission of diabetes mellitus
• Treatment.