Full Description
In this updated edition, leading medical specialists critically review for the general practitioner the latest techniques for the clinical management of diabetic neuropathy. The contributors focus on the practical aspects of diabetic neuropathy and describe in detail the treatments that are currently available or expected to become available in the near future. They also include concise discussions of the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy.
Contents
Table of Contents - Diabetic Neuropathy
1. History of Diabetic Neuropathy
Vladimir Skljarevski / Alberto Lledo
2. Epidemiology of Diabetic Neuropathy
Stephanie Wheeler / Nalini Singh / Edward J Boyko
3. Genomics of Diabetic Neuropathy
Andrew G Demaine / Bingmei Yang
4. Transgenic and Gene Knockout Analysis of Diabetic Neuropathy
Sookja K. Chung / Stephen S.M. Chung
5. Hyperglycemia-Initiated Mechanisms
Irina Obrosova
6. Effectors - Sonic Hedgehog and p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
Sally A Price / Rebecca C Burnarnd / David Tomlinson
7. Neuronal and Schwann Cell Death in Diabetic Neuropathy
James W Russell / Rita M Cowell / Eva L Feldman
8. Metabolic-Functional-Structural Correlations in Somatic Neuropathies in the Spontaneously Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic BB-Rats
Anders A.F. Sima / Weixian Zhang / Hideki Kamiya
9 Experimental Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy
Phillip A Low
10 Spinal Cord: Structure and Function in Diabetes
Andrew P Mizisin / Corinne G Jolivalt / Nigel A Calcutt
11 Diabetic Encephalopathy
Geert Jan Biessels
12 Microangiopathy, Diabetes and the Peripheral Nervous System
Douglas W Zochodne
13 Pathogenesis of Human Diabetic Neuropathy
Rayaz Malik / Aristidis Veves
14 Clinical Features of Diabetic Polyneuropathy
Solomon Tesfaye
15 Micro- and Macrovascular Disease in Diabetic Neuropathy
Aristidis Veves / Antonella Caselli
16 Clinical Diagnosis of Diabetic Neuropathy
Vladimir Skljarevski / Rayaz A Malik
17 Punch Skin Biopsy
Michael Polydefkis
18 Aldose Reductase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy
Aristidis Veves
19 Other Therapeutic Agents
Gary L Pittenger / Henri Parson / Jagdeesh Ullal / Aaron Vinik
20 Pathophysiology of Neuropathic Pain
Misha-Miroslav Backonja
21 Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
Andrew J.M. Boulton
22 Focal and Multi-Focal Diabetic Neuropathy
Gerard Said
23 Hypoglycemia and the Autonomic Nervous System
Roy Freeman
24 Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy
Martin J Stevens
25 Postural Hypotension and Anhidrosis
Phillip A Low
26 Gastrointestinal Syndromes Due to Diabetes Mellitus
Juan R Malagelada
27 Genitourinary Complications
Dan Ziegler / Christian Stief
28 Management of Diabetic Foot Complications
T.E. Lyons
