Principles of diabetes mellitus /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Poretsky, Leonid, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • I. The main events in the history of diabetes mellitus
  • II. Physiology of glucose metabolism
  • Ch. 1. Normal glucose homeostasis
  • Ch. 2. Endocrine pancreas: mechanisms of insulin secretion by the beta-cells; interactions among insulin, glucagon and somatostatin
  • Ch. 3. Cellular mechanisms of insulin action
  • III. Diagnosis and epidemiology of diabetes
  • Ch. 1. Diagnostic criteria and classification of diabetes
  • Ch. 2. Epidemiology of diabetes and its burden in the world and in the United States
  • IV. Genes and diabetes
  • Ch. 1. Diabetes genes. Human genome project and diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 2. Animal models of diabetes
  • V. Diabetes Syndromes
  • Ch. 1. Type I diabetes mellitus: epidemiology, genetics, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations
  • Ch. 2. Type 2 diabetes mellitus : etiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations
  • Ch. 3. Maturity-onset diabetes of the young: molecular genetics, clinical manifestations and therapy
  • Ch. 4. Diabetes in pregnancy
  • Ch. 5. Secondary causes of diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 6. Syndromes of extreme insulin resistance
  • VI. Complications of diabetes
  • Ch. 1. Acute hyperglycemic syndromes: diabetic ketoacidosis and the hyperosmolar state
  • Ch. 2. Hypoglycemia
  • Ch. 3. Microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 4. Diabetic retinopathy
  • Ch. 5. Diabetic nephropathy
  • Ch. 6. Diabetic neuropathy
  • Ch. 7. Peripheral vascular disease in diabetes
  • Ch. 8. The diabetic foot
  • Ch. 9. Male sexual dysfunction in diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 10. Gastrointestinal manifestations of diabetes
  • Ch. 11. Hyperlipidemia: pathogenesis and management in diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 12. Dermatological complications of diabetes mellitus; allergy to insulin and oral agents
  • VII. Therapy of diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 1. Glycemic goals
  • Ch. 2. Behavioral and educational approaches to diabetes self-management
  • Ch. 3. Dietary therapy of diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 4. Exercise in the therapy of diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 5. Therapy of type I diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 6. Therapy of type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Ch. 7. Prevention of microvascular complications of diabetes
  • Ch. 8. Psychological and psychiatric issues in diabetes mellitus
  • VIII. Related disorders
  • Ch. 1. Obesity - genetics, pathogenesos, therapy
  • Ch. 2. Hypertension
  • Ch. 3. Coronary artery disease and cardiomyopathy
  • Ch. 4. Polycystic ovary syndrome
  • Ch. 5. Insulin resistance and the Metabolic Syndrome
  • IX. Diabetes prevention
  • X. Resource for patients with diabetes.