Endocrinology : adult and pediatric edited by J Larry Jameson and Leslie J Ge Groot

Contributor(s):

Jameson, J. Larry [Editor - MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Dean - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwest University, Chicago, Illinois]
De Groot, Leslie J [Editor - MD, Research Professor - Cellular and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Providence Campus, Providence, Rhode Island ]
de Kretser, David M [Editor - AO, FAA, FTSE, MD, FRACP, Emeritus Professor, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia]
Grossman, Ashley B [Editor - BA, BSc, MD, FRCP, FMedSci, Professor of Neuroendocrinology, Endocrinology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom]
Weir, Gordon C [Editor - MD, Head, Section on Islet Transplantation and Cell Biology, Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Chair - Joslin Diabetes Center, Professor of Medicine - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts]
Melmed, Shlomo [Editor - MD, Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California ]
Potts, John T [Editor - MD, Jackson Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine - Harvard Medical School , Director of Research and Physician-in-Chief Emeritus - Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts ]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Diabetes mellitus and obesity | Weir, Gordon C ; Publication details: Philadelphia Elsevier Saunder 2010Edition: 6thDescription: v.(various pagination)Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

ISBN:

9780323240611

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

RC660.J26 END

Contents:

Appetite regulation and thermogenesis -- Obesity: the problem and its management -- Genetic syndromes associated with obesity -- Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other eating disorders -- Development of the endocrine pancreas -- Biosynthesis, processing, and secretion of the Islet hormones: Insulin, islet amyloid polypeptide (Amylin), Glucagon, Somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide -- Insulin secretion -- The mechanisms of insulin action -- Glucagon and glucagon-like peptides -- Regulation of intermediatory metabolism during fasting and feeding -- Role of the adipocyte in metabolism and endocrine function -- Lipodystrophy syndromes -- Classification and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus -- Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: etiology, pathogenesis, prediction, and prevention -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: etiology, pathogenesis, and natural history -- Lipoprotein metabolism and the treatment of lipid disorders -- Hyperglycemia secondary to nondiabetic conditions and therapies -- The metabolic syndrome -- Treatment of Type I diabetes mellitus in adults -- Ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar coma -- Hypoglycemia and hypoglycemic syndromes -- Management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Management of diabetes mellitus in children -- Pancreatic and islet transplantation -- Diabetes control, long-term complications, and large vessel disease -- Diabetic eye disease -- Diabetes mellitus: neuropathy -- Diabetic nephropathy -- Diabetic foot and vascular complications -- Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy.

Summary: A book that enables you to put endocrinology practices in diabetes and obesity management to work for your patients.

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Includes index.

Appetite regulation and thermogenesis --
Obesity: the problem and its management --
Genetic syndromes associated with obesity --
Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other eating disorders --
Development of the endocrine pancreas --
Biosynthesis, processing, and secretion of the Islet hormones: Insulin, islet amyloid polypeptide (Amylin), Glucagon, Somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide --
Insulin secretion --
The mechanisms of insulin action --
Glucagon and glucagon-like peptides --
Regulation of intermediatory metabolism during fasting and feeding --
Role of the adipocyte in metabolism and endocrine function --
Lipodystrophy syndromes --
Classification and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus --
Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: etiology, pathogenesis, prediction, and prevention --
Type 2 diabetes mellitus: etiology, pathogenesis, and natural history --
Lipoprotein metabolism and the treatment of lipid disorders --
Hyperglycemia secondary to nondiabetic conditions and therapies --
The metabolic syndrome --
Treatment of Type I diabetes mellitus in adults --
Ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar coma --
Hypoglycemia and hypoglycemic syndromes --
Management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus --
Management of diabetes mellitus in children --
Pancreatic and islet transplantation --
Diabetes control, long-term complications, and large vessel disease --
Diabetic eye disease --
Diabetes mellitus: neuropathy --
Diabetic nephropathy --
Diabetic foot and vascular complications --
Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy.

A book that enables you to put endocrinology practices in diabetes and obesity management to work for your patients.

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