Joslin's diabetes mellitus

• Other Authors: Joslin, Elliott P. 1869-1962 Elliott Proctor (Editor), Kahn, C. Ronald (Editor), Weir, Gordon C. (Editor), King, George L. (Editor), Jacobson, Alan M. (Editor), Moses, Alan C. (Editor), Smith, Robert J. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Published: Philadelphia, Pa. Lippincott Williams & Willkins, 2005
• Edition: FOURTEENTH EDITION
• Subjects: Diabetes Mellitus
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• Physical Description: xiv, 1209 pages illustrations (some colour) 29 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780781727969; 0781727960

The "bible" on diabetes mellitus is now in its Fourteenth Edition-thoroughly revised and updated by more than 80 noted experts from the Joslin Diabetes Center and other leading institutions worldwide. This edition includes a new eleven-chapter section on hormone action and the regulation of metabolism. The section on definition and pathogenesis now includes chapters on genetics, diabetes in Asia and Africa, and diabetes in U.S. minority groups. Other new chapters cover retinopathy, cardiovascular disease, wound healing, and treatment of women with diabetes. All of the Fourteenth Edition's figures have been completely updated