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  • Amyloidosis
    Amyloidosis NEW
    Editor Dali Feng
    ISBN 978-953-51-1100-9
    239 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 132
    Amyloidosis is an uncommon disorder characterized by the deposition of extracellular amyloid proteins in tissues. Significant advancement has been made recently, which not only provides insight in to the pathophysiology of the disease but also helps ...
  • Hot Topics in Endocrine and Endocrine-Related Diseases
    Hot Topics in Endocrine and Endocrine-Related Diseases
    Editor Monica Fedele
    ISBN 978-953-51-1080-4
    266 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 350
    This book covers a selected number of hot topics in endocrine and hormone-related pathologies, discussed by eminent scientists and clinicians coming from different countries of the world. It deals with advanced recent trends in the field, including n ...
  • Gestational Diabetes - Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment
    Gestational Diabetes - Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment
    Editor Luis Sobrevia
    ISBN 978-953-51-1077-4
    162 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 335
    This book summarizes several aspects of GD, which is caused by not well-understood multifactorial mechanisms. Common strategies seem to be key in the understanding of the syndrome, i.e., endothelial dysfunction and the role of other placenta cells su ...
  • Type 1 Diabetes
    Type 1 Diabetes
    Editor Alan P. Escher and Alice Li
    ISBN 978-953-51-1017-0
    613 pages, February, 2013
    Downloads: 612
    This book contains a series of up-to-date chapters that review our current knowledge of type 1 diabetes as an autoimmune disease, the problems that still remain with existing treatments, and possible solutions for the near future.
  • Current Topics in Hypothyroidism with Focus on Development
    Current Topics in Hypothyroidism with Focus on Development
    Editor Eliška Potluková
    ISBN 978-953-51-0970-9
    221 pages, February, 2013
    Downloads: 422
    Do you regard hypothyroidism as a more complex issue than just a simple prescription of levothyroxine tablet? Are you interested in getting more information on the management of thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy, at birth, in childhood or in subclinic ...
  • Diabetes Mellitus - Insights and Perspectives
    Diabetes Mellitus - Insights and Perspectives
    Editor Oluwafemi O. Oguntibeju
    ISBN 978-953-51-0939-6
    336 pages, January, 2013
    Downloads: 692
    The fundamental treatment and management goals in diabetes mellitus are to control and normalize blood glucose levels and to prevent diabetic complications. It also includes maintaining normal growth and development and normal body weight. Proper die ...
  • Lipid Metabolism
    Lipid Metabolism
    Editor Rodrigo Valenzuela Baez
    ISBN 978-953-51-0944-0
    460 pages, January, 2013
    Downloads: 597
    Lipids (fats and oils) are a wide range of organic molecules that serve several functions in organisms. Lipids are essential components of our diet, highlighting their important contribution in energy, representing 9 kcal/g (or 37.7 kJ/g), and by som ...
  • Glucose Tolerance
    Glucose Tolerance
    Editor Sureka Chackrewarthy
    ISBN 978-953-51-0891-7
    242 pages, December, 2012
    Downloads: 488
    The progression from normal glucose tolerance (NGT) to type 2 diabetes involves intermediate stages of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), also known as prediabetes. The pathophysiology underlying the development of t ...