Principles of Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is a very common disease which affects approximately 150,000,000 worldwide. With its prevalence rising rapidly, diabetes continues to mystify and fascinate both practitioners and investigators by its elusive causes and multitude of

This textbook is written for endocrinologists, specialists in other disciplines who treat diabetic patients, primary care physicians, housestaff and medical students. It covers, in a concise and clear manner, all aspects of the disease, from its pathogenesis on the molecular and cellular levels to its most modern therapy.

• Diabetes
• Diabetes mellitus
• Insulin Secretion
• diagnosis
• homeostasis
• insulin
• insulin resistance
• metabolism
• obesity
• physiology
• therapy
• metabolic disease

From the reviews:

"This is a textbook on diabetes addressed to primary care physicians and house staff. It is written by diabetologists and endocrinologists from the USA, and is meant for physicians who treat adult patients. It is a readable comprehensive text … . The book starts with a history of diabetes mellitus and ends with a chapter on resources for patients with diabetes." (Zvi Laron, Journal of Endocrine Genetics, Vol. 4 (1), 2005)

• Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA

  Leonid Poretsky

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

  Leonid Poretsky

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