Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus.

Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- The History of Diabetes -- SECTION I Basic Mechanisms of Islet Development and Function -- Development of the Endocrine Pancreas -- Islets of Langerhans: Morphology and Postnatal Growth -- Genetic Regulation of Islet Function -- Insulin Biosynthesis, Processing, and Chemistry -- Cell Biology of Insulin Secretion -- Insulin Secretion In Vivo -- SECTION II Hormone Action and the Regulation of Metabolism -- Hormone-Fuel Interrelationships: Fed State, Starvation, and Diabetes Mellitus -- The Molecular Mechanism of Insulin Action and the Regulation of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism -- Insulin-like Growth Factors -- Glucagon and Glucagon-like Peptides -- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Studies of Liver and Muscle Glycogen Metabolism in Humans -- Biology of Adipose Tissue -- Biology of Skeletal Muscle -- Regulation of Hepatic Glucose Metabolism -- Fat Metabolism in Diabetes -- Alterations in Protein Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus -- Rodent Models for the Study of Diabetes -- SECTION III Diabetes: Definition, Genetics, and Pathogenesis -- Definition, Diagnosis, and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus and Glucose Homeostasis -- Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus -- Genetics of Type 1 Diabetes -- Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes -- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus -- Insulin Resistance and Its Role in the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes -- β-Cell Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus -- Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young -- Secondary Forms of Diabetes -- Syndromes of Extreme Insulin Resistance -- Diabetes in Minorities in the United States -- Diabetes-AWorldwide Problem -- SECTION IV Obesity and Lipoprotein Disorders -- Obesity -- Treatment of Obesity -- Pathophysiology and Treatment of Lipid Disorders in Diabetes -- SECTION V Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus.

General Approach to the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus -- Education in the Treatment of Diabetes -- Medical Nutrition Therapy -- Behavioral Research and Psychological Issues in Diabetes: Progress and Prospects -- Exercise in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus -- Principles of Insulin Therapy -- Iatrogenic Hypoglycemia -- Management of Hyperglycemia with Oral Antihyperglycemic Agents in Type 2 Diabetes -- Treatment of the Child and Adolescent with Diabetes -- Treatment of Older Adults with Diabetes -- Women's Health Issues in Diabetes Mellitus -- Pancreas and Islet Transplantation -- Diabetes and the Healthcare System: Economic and Social Costs -- SECTION VI Biology of the Complications of Diabetes -- Epidemiology of Late Complications of Diabetes: A Basis for the Development and Evaluation of Preventive Programs -- Relationship between Metabolic Control and Long-Term Complications of Diabetes -- Mechanisms of Diabetic Microvascular Complications -- Pathogenesis of Diabetic Neuropathy -- Pathogenesis of Diabetic Nephropathy -- Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes -- SECTION Diabetic Complications: Clinical Aspects -- Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State -- Ocular Complications of Diabetes Mellitus1 -- Management of Diabetic Kidney Disease -- The Nervous System and Diabetes -- Hypertension in Diabetes Mellitus -- Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Disease -- Erectile Dysfunction and Diabetes -- Infection and Diabetes -- Diabetes and Pregnancy -- Cutaneous Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus -- Joint and Bone Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus -- Effects of Diabetes Mellitus on the Digestive System -- Treatment of Diabetes in the Hospitalized Patient -- The Diabetic Foot: Strategies for Treatment and Prevention of Ulcerations -- Vascular Disease of the Lower Extremities in Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology and Management.

Diabetes Mellitus and Wound Healing -- SECTION Hypoglycemia and Islet Cell Tumors -- Hypoglycemia -- Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas -- Index.

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