Preventing diabetes : theory, practice, and new approaches
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Preventing diabetes : theory, practice, and new approaches
Wiley, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Diabetes may be defined as "a chronic metabolic disorder that is characterized by an elevation of the blood glucose concentration caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin". This definition encompasses the two main types of primary diabetes, and, in addition, the many, though rarer, causes of secondary diabetes. Diabetes not only causes profound abnormalities of carbohydrate metabolism, but also affects protein and fat metabolism, leading to a catabolic state. If left untreated, diabetes will ultimately lead to a state that may be best described as "metabolic chaos". This book presents contemporary knowledge on the subject, and discusses the worldwide implications of the disease.
Table of Contents
- Difficulties associated with the classification of the diabetic syndrome
- overview of the etiopathogenesis of Type 1 diabetes
- preventing type 1 diabetes in animal models
- prevention projects of human type 1 diabetes
- overview of the etiopathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes
- possibilities of preventing Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- general evaluation of the prophylaxis of diabetes mellitus in our time
- insufficiently utilized opportunities
- final remarks and conclusions.
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