Diabetes:
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Clinical Pub. 2009
Schriftenreihe:Therapeutic strategies
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Beschreibung:Paralleltitel: Therapeutic strategies in diabetes
Includes bibliographical references and index
The increasing incidence of type II diabetes, often in association with cardiovascular disease, constitutes one of the major healthcare challenges of the 21st century. However, physicians can now deploy a wide range of therapeutic agents, singly and in combination, to help lower and stabilise blood sugar levels. Drawing on the expertise of internationally-recognised authorities in their fields, this new volume describes the modes of action of each of these types of treatment and evaluates their effectiveness. In the first section of the book the authors review the various agents used to manage
Editors; Contributors; Preface; Part 1: Metabolic considerations; Chapter 1: Blood glucose lowering therapies; Chapter 2: Insulin analogues; Chapter 3: New developments in insulin administration; Chapter 4: Metformin: new understanding and uses for an old drug; Chapter 5: Glitazones and glitazars: targeting PPAR and PPAR in diabetes; Chapter 6: Incretin hormones and diabetes mellitus; Part 2: Cardiovascular considerations; Chapter 7: An overview of current lipid-lowering treatments; Chapter 8: Statins and fibrates in the treatment of diabetic dyslipidaemia
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 260 pages)
ISBN:1846926092
1904392873
9781846926099
9781904392873

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