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- Editors:
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Bruno W. Volk
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University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, USA
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Edward R. Arquilla
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University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, USA
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxiv
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 1-16
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- Claes Hellerström, Ingemar Swenne
Pages 53-79
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 81-106
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- Enrico Solcia, Carlo Capella, Luciana Usellini, Roberto Fiocca, Fausto Sessa
Pages 107-115
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 117-125
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- Lennart Boquist, Stefan O. Emdin
Pages 127-169
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- Lelio Orci, Alain Perrelet
Pages 171-212
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- Michael L. McDaniel, Jerry R. Colca, Nirmala Kotagal, Paul E. Lacy
Pages 213-231
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 233-263
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 265-273
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 275-297
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 299-318
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 319-325
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 327-336
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- Willy Gepts, Philip M. LeCompte
Pages 337-365
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- Bruno W. Volk, Klaus F. Wellmann
Pages 367-384
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- Albert Y. Chang, Arthur R. Diani
Pages 415-438
About this book
Since the publication of the first edition of The Diabetic Pancreas in 1977, much progress has been made in various areas of diabetes research. While only a rela tively short while ago diabetes was considered a single disease, in more recent years it has become apparent that it is a heterogeneous group of disorders, all of which are characterized by a decreased tolerance of carbohydrates and most of which have a genetic basis, although the genetic types vary. In more recent years, an International Work Group sponsored by the National Diabetes Data Group of the NIH proposed a now generally accepted classification, according to which the insulin-dependent ketosis-prone diabetes, formerly and inappropriately called the juvenile type, is considered a subclass of diabetes, type 1. Because it can occur at any age, it was recommended that the diagnosis based on age be eliminated. The non-insulin-dependent, non-keto sis-prone type of diabetes, which is not secondary to other diseases or conditions, and which was formerly called matu rity-onset diabetes, was considered a second subclass, type II, because although this form usually develops after age 40, it also occurs in young persons, who do not require insulin or are not ketotic. Although this classification is not entirely agreed upon by all diabetologists, for practical purposes it has been generally accepted and has been utilized by the contributors to this volume.
