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Diabetes and its management / Peter J. Watkins, Stephanie A. Amiel, Simon L. Howell, Eileen Turner - Sixth edition / Peter J. Watkins ... [et al.]. - Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, c2003. - xi, 224 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Diabetes and its management / Peter J. Watkins, Paul L. Drury, Simon L. Howell. 5th ed. 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-218) and index.

1. Diagnosis and classification -- 2. Epidemiology of diabetes -- 3. Synthesis, secretion and actions of insulin -- 4. Metabolic changes in diabetes: a summary -- 5. Aetiology and genetics -- 6. Clinical features of diabetes -- 7. Management of type 2 diabetes -- 8. Management of type 1 diabetes mellitus -- 9. Hypoglycaemia -- 10. Diabetic hyperglycaemic emergencies -- 11. Management of diabetes during surgery and other illnesses -- 12. Pregnancy and diabetes -- 13. Diabetes in children -- 14. An overview of microvascular complications -- 15. Diabetes and the kidney -- 16. Diabetic eye disease -- 17. Diabetic neuropathies -- 18. The diabetic foot -- 19. Cardiovascular disease -- 20. Hypertension -- 21. Living with diabetes -- 22. Organization of care.

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ISBN: 1405107251 9781405107259

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LCCN: 2003009081

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Diabetes.
Diabetes in children.
Diabetes Mellitus.
Diabetes Mellitus--therapy.

LC Class. No.: RC660 / .WAT 2003