Diabetes and cardiovascular disease

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Veves Aristidis; Johnstone Michael T
Published: Humana Press,
Publisher Address: Totowa, N.J.
Publication Dates: c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Contemporary cardiology
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Carrier Form: xvii, 641 p.: ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 1588294137 (alk. paper)
Index Number: R541
CLC: R541.8
R587
Call Number: R587/D536/2nd.ed.
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Effects of insulin on the vascular system -- Effects of diabetes and insulin resistance on endothelial functions -- Diabetes and advanced glycoxidation end-products -- The renin-angiotensin system in diabetic cardiovascular complications -- PPARs and their emerging role in vascular biology, inflammation, and atherosclerosis -- Diabetes and thrombosis -- Role of estrogens in vascular disease in diabetes: lessons learned from the polycystic ovary syndrome -- Poly (ADP-Ribose) polymerase activation and nitrosative stress in the development of cardiovascular disease in diabetes -- Adiponectin an