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PRINCIPLES OF DIABETES MELLITUS BOOK Second Edition, 2009 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Preface Leonid Poretsky Preface to the first edition Leonid Poretsky PART I Chapter 1. The main events in the history of diabetes mellitus Jacek Zajac, Anil Shrestha, Parini Patel and Leonid Poretsky PART II. Physiology of glucose metabolism Chapter 2. Normal glucose homeostasis Muhammad Z. Shrayyef and John E. Gerich Chapter 3. Endocrine pancreas. Barry J. Brass, Zinoviy Abelev, Emilia P. Liao, and Leonid Poretsky Chapter 4. The role of incretins in insulin secretion Brock E. Schroeder and Orville Kolterman Chapter 5. Cellular mechanisms of insulin action Theodore P. Ciaraldi Chapter 6. The role of brain in glucose metabolism Silvana Obici and Paulo José Forcina Martins PART III. Diagnosis and epidemiology of diabetes Chapter 7. Diagnostic criteria and classification of diabetes James P. Leu and Joel Zonszein Chapter 8. Epidemiology Shadi Chamany and Bahman P. Tabaei Chapter 9. Diabetes in culturally diverse populations: from biology to culture A. Enrique Caballero PART IV. Genes and diabetes Chapter 10. Genetics of type 2 diabetes: from candidate genes to genome-wide association analysis Kevin Brown and Alan R. Shuldiner Chapter 11. Rodent models of diabetes Ronald J. Christopher, Koji Takeuchi and Bumsup Lee PART V – Diabetes Syndromes Chapter 12. Type 1 diabetes mellitus: epidemiology, genetics, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations Omar Ali Chapter 13. Type 2 diabetes mellitus: epidemiology, genetics, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations Vivian Fonseca and Jennifer John-Kalarickal Chapter 14. Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY): genetics, clinical manifestations and therapy Markus Stoffel Chapter 15. Diabetes in pregnancy Adina E. Schneider, Elliot J.Rayfield, Agustin Busta and Yuriy Gurevich Chapter 16. Secondary causes of diabetes mellitus Yana B. Garger, Prajesh M. Joshi, Ashutosh Pareek, Carla M. Romero, Amit K. Seth and Adrienne M. Fleckman Chapter 17. Syndromes of extreme insulin resistance George Grunberger and Bianca Alfonso PART VI. Complications of diabetes Chapter 18. Acute hyperglycemic syndromes: diabetic ketoacidosis and the hyperosmolar state Yun Feng and Adrienne M. Fleckman Chapter 19. Hypoglycemia in diabetes mellitus Mazen Alsahli and John E. Gerich Chapter 20. Intake of advanced glycation endproducts; role in the development of diabetic complications Helen Vlassara, and Gary E. Striker Chapter 21. Diabetic retinopathy Ketan Laud and Uri Shabto Chapter 22. Diabetic nephropathy James F. Winchester, Donald A. Feinfeld, Nikolas B. Harbord and Alan Dubrow Chapter 23. Diabetic neuropathy Russell L. Chin and Michael Rubin Chapter 24. Peripheral vascular disease in diabetes Jennifer K. Svahn, Jeffrey S. Kirk, Omar H. Llaguna and Nancy Habib Chapter 25. The diabetic foot Dennis Shavelson, John S. Steinberg and Bradley W. Bakotic Chapter 26. Male sexual dysfunction in diabetes Barry M. Mason, Albert C. Leung, Michael E. DiSanto and Arnold Melman Chapter 27. Gastrointestinal manifestations of diabetes Donald P. Kotler and Stanle

About the Author

Leonid Poretsky, Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. NY. His experience and excellent cadre of chapter authors will offer an authoritative review of diabetes.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition: "This is an update of a comprehensive overview of the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and genetics of diabetes and its complications originally published about seven years ago. All major topics are covered and each chapter lists Internet resources for additional information in addition to standard references. ! written for both endocrinologists and others, including nonendocrine specialists, primary care physicians, housestaff, and medical students. ! it also would be appropriate for endocrine trainees. ! This is an excellent general textbook of diabetes." (Ronald N. Cohen, Doody's Review Service, August, 2010) "This textbook on diabetes mellitus edited by Leonid Poretsky is explicitly designed for medical students and nonendocrinologist physicians ! . The inclusion of Internet resources in addition to traditional references to books and journal articles is appealing, particularly for medical students. ! a number of more detailed chapters are dedicated to the clinical picture of diabetes--its complications, associated diseases, and treatment. ! exceptionally good, and the declared aim of providing a text for medical students and physicians of different specialties has been achieved." (Edoardo Mannucci, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 304 (14), October, 2010) "Doctors in every specialty see patients with diabetes mellitus, and medical students need to understand the disease and how to manage it. Hence this text, now in its second edition (seven years after initial publication), with chapters written to stand on their own ! and plenty of features to help students rapidly integrate the material. ! for this new edition every chapter has been updated and new chapters have been added ! ." (SciTech Book News, December, 2010) "It contains about all that anyone might want to know about diabetes and has been produced by contributors at the avant-garde of current development. ! Although suitable for specialists in endocrinology and other disciplines and subspecialties, its content should be available for every comprehensive therapist for reference. ! The individual 40 chapters can stand alone in covering the main aspects of diabetes so the reader can gather full details quickly discussing the history of the disease ! and resources for patients with diabetes." (William H. Wehrmacher and Harry Messmore, Comprehensive Therapy, Fall, 2010)