Type 2 Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, and the Metabolic Syndrome (Current Clinical Practice)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: May 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781588294715
Subjects: Diabetes; Medical; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Consumer Health; Primary care (Medicine); Non-insulin-dependent diabetes; Diseases - General; Family & General Practice; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; Diabetes Mellitus, Type II; Insulin resistance; Prediabetic State
First sentence: Appropriate treatment of type 2 diabetes is dependent on the knowledge of the patho-physiology of the disease, the mechanisms underlying hyperglycemia, and the efficacy of various oral agents and insulins to improve fasting or postprandial hyperglycemia.