Type 1 Diabetes

Etiology and Treatment

Buch | Softcover

593 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-61737-258-2 (ISBN)

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A concise survey by physicians and researchers of the latest thinking about the causes of diabetes and the best approaches to treating its acute and chronic complications. The authors pay special attention to explaining the molecular basis of diabetes and its complications, as well as to the many recent developments in whole pancreas and islet cell transplantation, including the means for avoiding the rejection of transplanted islets.

1 Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes.- 2 Genetics of Type 1 Diabetes.- 3 Prediction and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes.- 4 Molecular Biology of ?-Cell Destruction by Autoimmune Processes.- 5 Type 1 Diabetes in Autoimmune Syndromes.- 6 The Metabolic Basis of Insulin Secretion.- 7 Prevention and Correction of Hypoglycemia: Relevance to Type 1 Diabetes.- 8 Nonautoimmune Forms of Diabetes: Neonatal Diabetes, Didmoad—Wolfram Syndrome, and Related Syndromes.- 9 Diabetic Ketoacidosis.- 10 Insulin Regimens for Type 1 Diabetes.- 11 Relationship Between Metabolic Control and Complications in Diabetes: Therapeutic Implications of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial.- 12 Open- and Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery Systems and Glucose Sensors.- 13 Living with Diabetes: Educating the Patient and Family with Type 1 Diabetes.- 14 Nutritional Management in Type 1 Diabetes.- 15 Special Problems and Management of the Child Less Than 5 Years of Age.- 16 The Preadolescent Child with Type 1 Diabetes.- 17 The Adolescent with Type 1 Diabetes.- 18 Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes.- 19 Pregnancy and Type 1 Diabetes.- 20 Surgery for the Patient with Type 1 Diabetes.- 21 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Diabetic Complications.- 22 The Eye: Diabetic Retinopathy/Ophthalmopathy.- 23 The Kidney: Diabetic Nephropathy.- 24 Diabetic Peripheral and Autonomic Neuropathy.- 25 The Diabetic Foot.- 26 Atherosclerosis in Type 1 Diabetes.- 27 Cutaneous Complications of Type 1 Diabetes.- 28 Infection and Diabetes.- 29 Pancreas Transplantation.- 30 Islet Transplantation.- 31 ?-Cell Replacement Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes.- 32 Islet Growth Factors.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.11.2010
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Endocrinology
Zusatzinfo	7 Illustrations, color; 61 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 593 p. 68 illus., 7 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Diabetologie
ISBN-10	1-61737-258-7 / 1617372587
ISBN-13	978-1-61737-258-2 / 9781617372582
Zustand	Neuware