International textbook of diabetes mellitus /

International textbook of diabetes mellitus /

The International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus has been a successful, well-respected medical textbook for almost 20 years, over 3 editions. Encyclopaedic and international in scope, the textbook covers all aspects of diabetes ensuring a truly multidisciplinary and global approach. Sections covered...

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Other Authors: DeFronzo, Ralph A. (Editor), Ferrannini, Eleuterio (Editor), Alberti, K. G. M. M. (Kurt George Matthew Mayer) (Editor), Zimmet, Paul (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.
Edition:4th edition.
Subjects:
Diabetes.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
Medical.
Diabetes Mellitus.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • ""Title Page
  • Section Editors
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Section I: Epidemiology
  • Chapter 1: Classification of diabetes mellitus and other categories of glucose intolerance
  • Introduction
  • Historical perspective and current classifications
  • Type 1 process
  • Type 2 process
  • Other specific types
  • Classification of genetic disorders
  • Diabetes in children and youth
  • Diagnosis of diabetes using HbA1c
  • Diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus""
  • ""Impaired glucose regulation (impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glycemia)
  • Normoglycemia
  • Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Epidemiology and risk factors for type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Introduction
  • Prevalence and incidence
  • β-Cell autoimmunity and risk factors
  • Established type 1 diabetes
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Epidemiology and geography of type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Age- and sex-specific prevalence of type 2 diabetes in different ethnic groups""
  • ""Prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glycemia in different ethnic groups
  • Sex differences in prevalence of diabetes, IGT, and IFG
  • The ratio of IGT to diabetes
  • Secular trends in prevalence of type 2 diabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes in children
  • Modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes
  • Nontraditional modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes
  • References
  • Section II: Physiology of pancreatic function
  • Chapter 4: Development and maintenance of the islet β cell
  • Introduction
  • Pancreas development""
  • ""Cytodifferentiation in the developing pancreas
  • Postnatal β-cell growth and maintenance
  • Conclusions and areas of future study
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Pancreatic morphology in normal and diabetic states
  • Pancreatic anatomy and morphology
  • Islet composition and morphology
  • Islet β cell regenerative potential
  • Disturbances in pancreas/islet morphology in diabetes
  • Mechanisms of β-cell loss in type 2 diabetes
  • Summary and future directions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Insulin gene expression and biosynthesis
  • Introduction""
  • ""Insulin gene expression
  • Insulin biosynthesis
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 7: β-Cell biology of insulin secretion
  • Introduction
  • β-Cell metabolism
  • Metabolism-secretion coupling
  • Dynamics of insulin secretion
  • Modulation of insulin secretion by various intracellular signals
  • Pathophysiology of pancreatic β cells
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Normal β-cell function
  • Introduction
  • Methods for the Assessment of Insulin Secretion
  • β-Cell Response to Intravenous Glucose
  • β-Cell Response to Oral Glucose""

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