TY - CHAP AU - Ana Maria Dascalu AU - Dragos Serban AU - Nikolaos Papanas AU - Peter Kempler AU - Manfredi Rizzo AU - Daniela Stana AU - Gabriela Roman AU - Anca Pantea Stoian ED - Anca Pantea Stoian Y1 - 2021-03-10 PY - 2021 T1 - Microvascular Complications of Diabetes Mellitus: Focus on Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) and Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) N2 - Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by chronic high blood glucose levels. Of the various types of diabetes, type 2 diabetes is increasing in prevalence due to obesity, aging, sedentarism, and other factors. This book presents a novel approach to preventing and treating type 2 diabetes. Chapters cover such topics as diagnosis, pathogenesis, management, lifestyle and nutritional intervention, and systems to support early diagnosis and prevention of prediabetes. BT - Type 2 Diabetes SP - Ch. 10 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96548 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.96548 SN - 978-1-83881-904-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -