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Advances in metabolic disorders. Volume 6 /
Advances in Metabolic Disorders.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press, Inc.,
[1972]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1. The role of the skin in carbohydrate metabolism ; Publisher summary ; I. Introduction ; II. Properties of skin ; III. The role of the dermis in glucose homeostasis ; IV. Carbohydrate metabolism of the epidermis ; V. Sources of energy in the epidermis ; VI. Glucose/lactate balance in the intact animal ; VII. The skin as an indicator of impaired carbohydrate metabolism ; VIII. Concluding remarks ; Addendum ; Acknowledgments
- Chapter 2. On the transmission of alloxan diabetes and other diabetogenic influences ; Publisher summary ; I. Introduction-the enigma of the genetics of human diabetes ; II. The question of spontaneous and experimentally induced diabetes in animals ; III. Studies on transmission of experimental diabetes mellitus ; IV. Induction and transmission of latent diabetes ; V. Pregnancy in animals with induced carbohydrate intolerance ; VI. Plasma insulin in animals with induced diabetes ; VII. Beta cell histology of rats with induced and transmitted diabetes ; VIII. Interpretation of the data ; Acknowledgments
- Chapter 3. Glucagon and diabetes mellitus ; Publisher summary ; I. Introduction ; II. Normal alpha cell function ; III. Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Chapter 4. Recent contributions to the study of diabetic angiopathy and neuropathy ; Publisher summary ; I. General characteristics of diabetic angiopathy and neuropathy ; II. The eye ; III. The kidney ; IV. The heart ; V. The extremities ; VI. Capillary resistance and capillary permeability ; VII. Diabetic neuropathy ; VIII. Pathogenesis of diabetic angiopathy ; IX. Pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy ; X. Prophylaxis and therapy
- Chapter 5. Disorders due to enzyme defects in the red blood cell ; Publisher summary ; I. General considerations ; II. Defects of the Embden-Meyerhof pathway ; III. Deficiencies in the hexose monophosphate and related pathways ; IV. Other enzyme defects associated with hematologic disease
- Chapter 6. The pineal gland-a neuroendocrine transducer ; Publisher summary ; I. Introduction ; II. Effects on the reproductive system ; III. Effects on the adrenal glands ; IV. Effects on the thyroid gland ; V. Effects on growth and growth hormone ; VI. Nonendocrine effects ; VII. Conclusions
- Chapter 7. Calcitonin in metabolic disorders ; Publisher summary ; I. Calcitonin in the scheme of calcium homeostasis ; II. Nature of calcitonin and its action ; III. Clinical considerations ; IV. Summary
- Author index
- Subject index.