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Leonid Poretsky 
Principles of Diabetes Mellitus 

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‘Principles of Diabetes Mellitus, Second Edition’ is an important update to the comprehensive textbook first published in 2002 and reissued in 2004. It is written for physicians of all specialties who, on a daily basis, deal with an illness which has reached epidemic proportions. The book is also intended for medical students and investigators of all aspects of diabetes.


The last five years have witnessed major developments in our understanding of diabetes and in therapeutic approaches to this disease. Thus, in addition to updating all chapters, the authors added eight new chapters to the second edition. ‘Principles of Diabetes Mellitus, Second Edition’ covers diabetes in all of its aspects – genetics, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, therapy and prevention.

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PRINCIPLES OF DIABETES MELLITUS BOOK Second Edition, 2009 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Preface Leonid Poretsky Preface to the first edition Leonid Poretsky PART I Chapter 1. The main events in the history of diabetes mellitus Jacek Zajac, Anil Shrestha, Parini Patel and Leonid Poretsky PART II. Physiology of glucose metabolism Chapter 2. Normal glucose homeostasis Muhammad Z. Shrayyef and John E. Gerich Chapter 3. Endocrine pancreas. Barry J. Brass, Zinoviy Abelev, Emilia P. Liao, and Leonid Poretsky Chapter 4. The role of incretins in insulin secretion Brock E. Schroeder and Orville Kolterman Chapter 5. Cellular mechanisms of insulin action Theodore P. Ciaraldi Chapter 6. The role of brain in glucose metabolism Silvana Obici and Paulo José Forcina Martins PART III. Diagnosis and epidemiology of diabetes Chapter 7. Diagnostic criteria and classification of diabetes James P. Leu and Joel Zonszein Chapter 8. Epidemiology Shadi Chamany and Bahman P. Tabaei Chapter 9. Diabetes in culturally diverse populations: from biology to culture A. Enrique Caballero PART IV. Genes and diabetes Chapter 10. Genetics of type 2 diabetes: from candidate genes to genome-wide association analysis Kevin Brown and Alan R. Shuldiner Chapter 11. Rodent models of diabetes Ronald J. Christopher, Koji Takeuchi and Bumsup Lee PART V – Diabetes Syndromes Chapter 12. Type 1 diabetes mellitus: epidemiology, genetics, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations Omar Ali Chapter 13. Type 2 diabetes mellitus: epidemiology, genetics, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations Vivian Fonseca and Jennifer John-Kalarickal Chapter 14. Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY): genetics, clinical manifestations and therapy Markus Stoffel Chapter 15. Diabetes in pregnancy Adina E. Schneider, Elliot J.Rayfield, Agustin Busta and Yuriy Gurevich Chapter 16. Secondary causes of diabetes mellitus Yana B. Garger, Prajesh M. Joshi, Ashutosh Pareek, Carla M. Romero, Amit K. Seth and Adrienne M. Fleckman Chapter 17. Syndromes of extreme insulin resistance George Grunberger and Bianca Alfonso PART VI. Complications of diabetes Chapter 18. Acute hyperglycemic syndromes: diabetic ketoacidosis and the hyperosmolar state Yun Feng and Adrienne M. Fleckman Chapter 19. Hypoglycemia in diabetes mellitus Mazen Alsahli and John E. Gerich Chapter 20. Intake of advanced glycation endproducts; role in the development of diabetic complications Helen Vlassara, and Gary E. Striker Chapter 21. Diabetic retinopathy Ketan Laud and Uri Shabto Chapter 22. Diabetic nephropathy James F. Winchester, Donald A. Feinfeld, Nikolas B. Harbord and Alan Dubrow Chapter 23. Diabetic neuropathy Russell L. Chin and Michael Rubin Chapter 24. Peripheral vascular disease in diabetes Jennifer K. Svahn, Jeffrey S. Kirk, Omar H. Llaguna and Nancy Habib Chapter 25. The diabetic foot Dennis Shavelson, John S. Steinberg and Bradley W. Bakotic Chapter 26. Male sexual dysfunction in diabetes Barry M. Mason, Albert C. Leung, Michael E. Di Santo and Arnold Melman Chapter 27. Gastrointestinal manifestations of diabetes Donald P. Kotler and Stanle

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Leonid Poretsky, Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. NY. His experience and excellent cadre of chapter authors will offer an authoritative review of diabetes.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 852 ● ISBN 9780387098418 ● File size 17.3 MB ● Editor Leonid Poretsky ● Publisher Springer US ● City NY ● Country US ● Published 2010 ● Edition 2 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2143849 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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