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Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis, Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications / edited by Mark B. Zimering.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zimering, Mark B., Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Endocrinology.
- Type 2 diabetes.
- Diabetes--Complications.
- Diabetes.
- Pathogenesis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 456 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- IntechOpen 2011
- Rijeka : InTech, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Type 2 diabetes "mellitus" affects nearly 120 million persons worldwide- and according to the World Health Organization this number is expected to double by the year 2030. Owing to a rapidly increasing disease prevalence, the medical, social and economic burdens associated with the microvascular and macrovascular complications of type 2 diabetes are likely to increase dramatically in the coming decades. In this volume, leading contributors to the field review the pathogenesis, treatment and management of type 2 diabetes and its complications. They provide invaluable insight and share their discoveries about potentially important new techniques for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diabetic complications.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 17, 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789535164593
- 9535164597
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