Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy

A New Approach

D.F. Horrobin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

156 Seiten

1992
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
978-0-443-04774-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A review of the clinical problems of diabetic neuropathy and the use of a new agent, gamma-linolenic acid, in its treatment. Dealing with one of the latest advances in the field, this book should be of interest to specialists in diabetics and neurology.

Inhalt

Diabetic neuropathy - the diabetologist's view; diabetic neuropathy - a neurologist's view; essential fatty acids in relation to diabetes; responses to peripheral nerve conduction velocities to treatment with esential fatty acids in diabetic rats - possible mechanisms of action; effects of gamma-linolenic acide on nerve and muscle dysfunction in experimental diabetes - relation to vascular effects of prostanoid metabolism; gamma-linolenic acid and the metabolic basis of condiction disorders in experimental diabetes; effects of gamma-linolenic acid as evening primrose oil on blood rheology and haemostasis in daibetics - a ransomized, double-blind-placebo-controlled trial; a new model for diabetic neuropathy and a pilot controlled trial of gamma-linolenic acid; the effects of gamma-linolenic acid on diabetic neuropathy - a multicentre trial; a pilot study of gamma-linolenic acid in diabetic retinopathy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.7.1992
• Zusatzinfo: 25 line drawings, 15 half-tones, index
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 242 x 13 mm
• Gewicht: 391 g
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Diabetologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
• ISBN-10: 0-443-04774-X / 044304774X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-443-04774-9 / 9780443047749
• Zustand: Neuware