Diabetes in Women Pathophysiology and Therapy

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tsatsoulis, Agathocles (Editor), Wyckoff, Jennifer (Editor), Brown, Florence M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Contemporary Diabetes
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Sex Differences in Energy Balance, Body Composition, and Body Fat Distribution
  • Menopause and Diabetes Mellitus
  • Cardiovascular Disease in Women with Diabetes
  • Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Risk in Women and the Paradigm of the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  • Developmental Programming of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Role of Prenatal Androgen Excess
  • An Anthropological View of the Impact of Poverty and Globalization on the Emerging Epidemic of Obesity
  • Eating Disorders and Depression in Women with Diabetes
  • Sexual Health in Women with Diabetes
  • Contraception for Women with Diabetes
  • The Effect of PCOS on Fertility and Pregnancy
  • The Effect of Pregnancy on Energy Metabolism, Body Composition, and Endothelial Function
  • The Epidemiology of Diabetes in Women and the Looming Epidemic of GDM in the Third World
  • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis, Maternal and Fetal Outcomes, and Management
  • Nutrition and Pregnancy
  • Preconception Care for Women with Diabetes Mellitus
  • Obstetric Care of the Woman with Diabetes
  • Medical Management of Preexisting Diabetes in Pregnancy
  • Use of Ultrasound in the Metabolic Management of Gestational Diabetes and Preexisting Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy
  • Preeclampsia
  • The Infant of the Diabetic Mother: Metabolic Imprinting
  • The Genetic Basis of Diabetes
  • Breastfeeding and Diabetes
  • Management of Disease in Women with Diabetes