: Aristidis Veves, Rayaz A. Malik
: Diabetic Neuropathy Clinical Management
: Humana Press
: 9781597453110
: 2
: CHF 261.40
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: Klinische Fächer
: English
: 520
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In this updated edition, leading medical specialists critically review for the general practitioner the latest techniques for the clinical management of diabetic neuropathy. The contributors focus on the practical aspects of diabetic neuropathy and describe in detail the treatments that are currently available or expected to become available in the near future. They also include concise discussions of the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy.
PREFACE7
LIST OF COLOR IMAGES8
CONTENTS13
CONTRIBUTORS15
Historical Aspects of Diabetic Neuropathies17
The Epidemiology of Diabetic Neuropathy22
Genomics of Diabetic Neuropathy46
Transgenic and Gene Knockout Analysis of Diabetic Neuropathy66
Hyperglycemia-Initiated Mechanisms in Diabetic Neuropathy83
Effectors—Sonic Hedgehog and p38 Mitogen- Activated Protein Kinase105
Neuronal and Schwann Cell Death in Diabetic Neuropathy126
Metabolic–Functional–Structural Correlations in Somatic Neuropathies in the Spontaneously Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic BB- Rats146
Experimental Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy166
Spinal Cord178
Diabetic Encephalopathy199
Microangiopathy, Diabetes, and the Peripheral Nervous System218
Pathogenesis of Human Diabetic Neuropathy241
Clinical Features of Diabetic Polyneuropathy253
Micro- and Macrovascular Disease in Diabetic Neuropathy268
Clinical Diagnosis of Diabetic Neuropathy284
Punch Skin Biopsy in Diabetic Neuropathy302
Aldose Reductase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy317
Other Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy329
Pathophysiology of Neuropathic Pain346
Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy357
Focal and Multifocal Diabetic Neuropathy372
Hypoglycemia and the Autonomic Nervous System384
Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy394
Postural Hypotension and Anhidrosis418
Gastrointestinal Syndromes Due to Diabetes Mellitus438
Genitourinary Complications457
Management of Diabetic Foot Complications477
Index511