Diabetes : improving patient care /

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Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford American endocrinology library Oxford American endocrinology library.
Subject:	Diabetes -- Treatment. Diabetes Mellitus -- therapy. Diabetes Mellitus -- diagnosis. Diabetes Mellitus -- prevention & control. Insulin -- therapeutic use. Life Style. Self Care. Diabetes -- Treatment. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161961

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Other authors / contributors:	Fonseca, Vivian A.
ISBN:	9780199700349 0199700346 9780195382112 0195382110 9780195382105 0195382102
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	Over 20 million people in the United States have diabetes, a metabolic disorder characterized by the body's lack of production or ineffective use of insulin, and the rate is on the rise. Diabetes can cause acute, as well as long-term complications when not properly controlled. Some of the complications may include coma, cardiovascular disease, renal failure, blindness, nerve damage, vascular damage, and poor healing which can lead to amputation. Though there is no cure for either Type I or Type II diabetes, ongoing effort to develop new drug and gene therapies continues. In the meantime, the g.
Other form:	Print version: Diabetes. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195382112

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