This prestigious text offers the most up-to-date advice on the identification and management of diabetes and its complications. Derived from the highly acclaimed journal, "Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism", this fully updated volume provides a logical progression through definition, diagnosis, epidemiology, pathology, acute and chronic complications as well as the latest advances in treatment and disease prevention. Fully illustrated throughout, the book draws upon the expertise of some of the world's leading authorities in the field providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of diabetes.
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What is diabetes Diabetes: how is it diagnosed? The epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and its current measurement The aetiology of type 1 diabetes The aetiology of type 2 diabetes Genetics of type 2 diabetes Acute complications Diabetes as CVD Diabetic nephropathy Diabetic neuropathy Diabetic foot problems Multiprofessional care Diabetic dyslipidaemia Diabetes and hypertension What are the consequences of GT in pregnancy? Prospects for predicting and stopping the development of type 1 diabetes Prospects for predicting and stopping the development of type II diabetes New agents for Type 2 diabetes New insulins in the treatment of diabetes mellitus Future therapies Pancreatic islet transplantation in the treatment of diabetes mellitus
