Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications, The Annals of the New York Academy of Science Volume 1084: Molecular Mechanisms, Epidemiology, and Clinical Medicine ...
Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications, The Annals of the New York Academy of Science Volume 1084: Molecular Mechanisms, Epidemiology, and Clinical Medicine ... (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) Ernest Adeghate (Editor), Hussein Saadi (Editor), Abdu Adem (Editor), Enyioma Obineche (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 1573316350
DDC: 616.462
Edition: Paperback; 2006-11-28
Summary:
Diabetes mellitus is a major global health problem. According to the
most recent projections, the worldwide prevalence of diabetes
mellitus is expected to reach 220 million in the year 2010 and 300
million in 2025 compared to the current prevalence of around 160
million. This volume focuses on recent advances in the area of
diabetes mellitus and its complications, from basic research at the
molecular level to clinical medicine, spanning several areas
including epidemiology, diagnosis, complications, prevention,
treatment, beta cell function and dysfunction, metabolic syndrome,
glucose and lipid metabolism and drug targets. The international
conference of which this is the proceedings provided a forum for the
exchange of ideas and the dissemination of current knowledge about
the full range of issues concerning type I and type II diabetes
mellitus. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual
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