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Table of contents(41 chapters)
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The Main Events in the History of Diabetes Mellitus
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Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Diabetes
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Genes and diabetes
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Diabetes Syndromes
About this book
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.
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"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)
Editors and Affiliations
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Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA
Leonid Poretsky
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
Leonid Poretsky
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Principles of Diabetes Mellitus
Editors: Leonid Poretsky
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6260-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-6260-0Published: 11 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 784
Topics: Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases, Medicine/Public Health, general