Handbook of diabetes
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Handbook of diabetes
Blackwell Pub., c2004
3rd ed
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
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  Niigata
  Toyama
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  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  France
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  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes index
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is the winner of 'First Prize' in the Endocrinology Category of the 2005 BMA Medical Book Competition. Judges' summary of the book: 'The coverage of the biochemistry of diabetes is excellent. This is mandatory reading for all clinicians involved with diabetes and also a must for many expert patients.' "The Handbook of Diabetes" is now in its third edition and continues to grow in popularity as an essential manual for all healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of patients with diabetes. As a concise reference book, the contents are edited and rewritten from Pickup & Williams' "Textbook of Diabetes" (Third Edition). This new edition has been extensively revised and updated, and is richly illustrated throughout in full color. "Handbook of Diabetes, Third Edition", contains a wealth of clinical wisdom against a backdrop of clinical science that will be of help to every member of the diabetes care team.
Table of Contents
Preface.1. Introduction to diabetes.2. History of diabetes.3. Diagnosis and classification of diabetes.4. Public health aspects of diabetes.5. Normal physiology of insulin secretion and action.6. Epidemiology and aetiology of type 1 diabetes.7. Epidemiology and aetiology of type 2 diabetes.8. Other types of diabetes.9. Diabetic control and its measurement.10. Management of type 1 diabetes.11. Management of type 2 diabetes.12. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar non-ketotic hyperglycaemia.13. Hypoglycaemia.14. Control and complications.15. Diabetic eye disease.16. Diabetic nephropathy.17. Diabetic neuropathy.18. Blood lipid abnormalities.19. Hypertension in diabetes.20. Macrovascular disease in diabetes.21. Foot problems in diabetes.22. Sexual problems in diabetes.23. Gastrointestinal problems in diabetes.24. Skin and connective tissue disorders in diabetes.25. Psychological and psychiatric problems in diabetes.26. Some intercurrent problems in diabetes.27. Pregnancy and diabetes.28. Diabetes in childhood and adolescence.29. Diabetes in old age.30. Diabetes and lifestyle.31. Organization of diabetes care: diabetes specialist nursing, diabetes education and general practice.32. Future directions in diabetes management and research.Acknowledgements.Index
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