Diabetes (Atlas of Clinical Endocrinology, 2)
Contributors: Stanley G. Korenman (Editor); C. Ronald Kahn (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: June 1, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780632043996
First sentence: The B cells of the islets of Langerhans are the only cells in the body that make a meaningful quantity of insulin, a hormone that has evolved to be essential for life, exerting critical control over carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism.