Type 2 Diabetes : From Pathophysiology to Modern Management

The emergence of type 2 diabetes as a global pandemic is one of the major challenges to health care in the 21st century. This book contains chapters covering the newest scientific concepts in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, and the complications and approaches in diagnosis and glycemic control....

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Other Authors: Siderova, Mira (Editor)
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Published: IntechOpen 2019
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