Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis, Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications

• Author(s): Mark Zimering,
• Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
• Pages: 456
• ISBN_10: 953307597X
  ISBN_13: 9789533075976
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism , Medical / Clinical Medicine ,

Description:... 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.