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Principles of Diabetes Mellitus

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  • Revises and expands on classic earlier editions, providing a comprehensive text on diabetes mellitus

  • Covers all major topics including glucose metabolism, diagnosis and epidemiology, genetics, management and prevention

  • Provides a global perspective on diabetes mellitus, diabetic syndromes and related disorders

  • Delivers expertise in diabetes research and treatment, edited by a leading figure in the field

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (55 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Main Events in the History of Diabetes Mellitus

      • Rachel Goldman, Jacek Zajac, Anil Shrestha, Parini Patel, Leonid Poretsky
      Pages 3-19
  3. Physiology of Glucose Metabolism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
    2. Normal Glucose Homeostasis

      • Mazen Alsahli, Muhammad Z. Shrayyef, John E. Gerich
      Pages 23-42
    3. Endocrine Pancreas

      • Emilia Pauline Liao, Barry Brass, Zinoviy Abelev, Leonid Poretsky
      Pages 43-55
    4. The Role of Incretins in Insulin Secretion

      • Marzieh Salehi
      Pages 57-69
    5. Cellular Mechanisms of Insulin Action

      • Theodore P. Ciaraldi
      Pages 71-86
    6. The Role of Brain in Glucose Metabolism

      • Silvana Obici, Paulo José Forcina Martins
      Pages 87-105
    7. Role of Vitamin D in the Pathogenesis of Diabetes

      • Nadine E. Palermo, Michael F. Holick
      Pages 107-119
  4. Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Diabetes; Special Populations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
    2. Diagnostic Criteria and Classification of Diabetes

      • Rebekah Gospin, James P. Leu, Joel Zonszein
      Pages 123-138
    3. Epidemiology

      • Deena Adimoolam, Varalakshmi Muthukrishnan, Jeanine B. Albu
      Pages 139-158
    4. Diabetes in the Elderly

      • Vincent Yen
      Pages 179-187
  5. Genes and Diabetes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
    2. Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes: From Candidate Genes to Genome-Wide Association Analysis

      • Jeffrey Kleinberger, Kevin Brown, Kristi D. Silver, Alan R. Shuldiner
      Pages 191-214
    3. Rodent Models of Diabetes

      • Christine N. Metz, LaQueta K. Hudson, Valentin A. Pavlov
      Pages 215-238
  6. Diabetes Syndromes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239

About this book

The third edition of this important work is a timely update to the comprehensive textbook first published in 2002 and reissued in a second edition in 2010. The past few years have witnessed major developments in our understanding of diabetes and in therapeutic approaches to this disease and its numerous complications. Thus, all chapters have been significantly revised and updated with current evidence and best practices, and four brand new chapters are included, discussing the potential role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis of diabetes, peculiarities of diabetes in the elderly, oral manifestations of diabetes, and the current state of bariatric surgery.

Written by an international group of experts and carefully edited by a leading authority on the subject, Principles of Diabetes Mellitus, Third Edition is an invaluable resource for researchers and physicians of all specialties, as well as medical students and investigators of all aspects of diabetes, who deal with an illness that has reached epidemic proportions.

Keywords

  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis
  • Diabetic neuropathy
  • Glucose metabolism
  • Hyperglycemia
  • Hypertension
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Insulin action
  • Insulin resistance
  • Obesity
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • diabetes

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Endocrinology, Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute, Lenox Hill Hospital, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Northwell Health, New York, USA

    Leonid Poretsky

About the editor

Leonid Poretsky, MD, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Associate Chairman for Research, Department of Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA 

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