Insulin resistance : childhood precursors and adult disease /

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Imprint:Totowa, NJ : Humana, c2008.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 331 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.)
Language:English
Series:Contemporary endocrinology
Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11957805
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Other authors / contributors:Zeitler, Philip Scott, 1957-
Nadeau, Kristen J.
ISBN:9781597451925
1597451924
9781588298751 (hbk.)
1588298752 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:Features the status of the understanding of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in children and adults. This book focuses on childhood precursors of the disorder (fetal, perinatal, and childhood factors) since this is an area of great promise for prevention of expansion of the epidemic.
Other form:Print version: Insulin resistance. Totowa, NJ : Humana, c2008 9781588298751 1588298752