Type 1 diabetes
Subtitle: etiology and treatment
By: edited by Mark A. Sperling.
Contributors: Sperling, M.
Series: Contemporary endocrinology; Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 591
Subjects: Diabetes -- Etiology; Diabetes -- Treatment
Other titles: Type one diabetes.
Description: A concise survey by physicians and researchers of the latest thinking about the causes of diabetes and the best approaches to treating its acute and chronic complications. The authors pay special attention to explaining the molecular basis of diabetes and its complications, as well as to the many recent developments in whole pancreas and islet cell transplantation, including the means for avoiding the rejection of transplanted islets.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.