Joslin's diabetes mellitus.
Contributors: Kahn, C. Ronald.
Edition: 14th ed. / edited by C. Ronald Kahn ... [et al.].
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Willkins, c2005.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1209
Subjects: Diabetes
Other titles: Diabetes mellitus
Description: Thoroughly revised and updated by more than 80 noted experts from the Joslin Diabetes Center and other leading institutions worldwide, this edition includes a new eleven-chapter section on hormone action and the regulation of metabolism. The section on definition and pathogenesis now includes chapters on genetics, diabetes in Asia and Africa, and diabetes in U.S. minority groups. Other new chapters cover retinopathy, cardiovascular disease, wound healing, and treatment of women with diabetes. All of the Fourteenth Edition's figures have been completely updated.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.