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Diabetes in Women, 2010
Pathophysiology and Therapy
Contemporary Diabetes Series
Coordinators: Tsatsoulis Agathocles, Wyckoff Jennifer, Brown Florence M.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Diabetes in Women:
Publication date: 05-2012
464 p. · 19.3x26 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 10-2009
464 p. · 19.3x26 cm · Hardback
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Gender differences impact the pathophysiology and clinical burden of diabetes in women. Exploring the complex interplay between gender and diabetes, Diabetes in Women provides a state-of-the-art update from conception to menopause and beyond. Written by experts in the field, Diabetes in Women covers sex differences in cardiometabolic risk, the impact of diabetes on women?s health, diabetes and pregnancy, offspring of the diabetic mother and the disease management of women with diabetes. Chapters include up to date information on cardiometabolic risk in women throughout the lifecycle and the differences between sexes in energy balance and body composition. Prominent authors also explore the impact of poverty and globalization on the emerging epidemic of obesity in developing countries. Designed for primary care and internal medicine physicians, endocrinologists, obstetricians and gynecologists, and trainees and basic scientists in these areas, Diabetes in Women is an invaluable resource and important contribution to the field.
Provides up to date information on diabetes and cardiometabolic risk in women throughout the lifecycle
Explores the impact of poverty and globalization on the emerging epidemic of obesity in developing countries
Reviews the differences between the sexes in energy balance and body composition
Examines the impact of menopause and the clinical expression and burden of cardiovascular disease in women with diabetes
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