Screen LibraryThe metabolic syndrome
Christopher Byrne, a diabetologist and clinician scientist, and Sarah Wild, an epidemiologist and public health physician, have brought together a group of authors, all of whom are leading researchers in their field. The editors and chapter authors have each contributed chapters addressing 'hot...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Diabetes in practice
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0470025131 |
| Summary: |
Christopher Byrne, a diabetologist and clinician scientist, and Sarah Wild, an epidemiologist and public health physician, have brought together a group of authors, all of whom are leading researchers in their field. The editors and chapter authors have each contributed chapters addressing 'hot topics' relevant to the metabolic syndrome. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 418 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0470025123 9780470025123 0470025115 9780470025116 9780470025130 0470025131 |
| Index Number: | RB147 |
| CLC: | R589 |
| Contents: | The global burden of the metabolic syndrome and its consequences for diabetes and cardiovascular disease / Sarah H. Wild, Christopher D. Byrne -- Ethnicity and the metabolic syndrome / Nita G. Forouhi -- Developmental origins of vascular dysfunction and disease / Simon Cunningham, Mark Hanson -- Developmental origins of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes / Roselle L. Cripps, Susan E. Ozanne -- Recent progress in the identification of genes predisposing to the metabolic syndrome / Timothy M. Frayling, Kirsten J. Ward, Michael N. Weedon -- Atherothrombosis and the metabolic syndrome / Emma J. Dunn, Peter J. Grant -- Oxidative stress, insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease / Antonio Ceriello -- Inflammation, cardiovascular disease and the metabolic syndrome / Dan Ziegler -- Adipocytokines and the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome / Ulf Smith, Xiaolin Yang -- Peripheral arterial disease / Lorna Watson, Gerry Fowkes -- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis / Mohamed Hassan Ahmed, Christopher D. Byrne -- Polycystic ovary syndrome / Naveed Sattar, Richard Fleming -- Nutrition : its relevance in development and treatment of the metabolic syndrome / Jim Mann, Kirsten McAuley -- Growth hormone, exercise and energy expenditure in the metabolic syndrome / Cathy M. McHugh, Richard I.G. Holt -- Treatments for the metabolic syndrome / Markolf Hanefeld, Frank Schaper. |