Diabetes

1. Introduction to Diabetes Mellitus
Kirti Kaul, Joanna M. Tarr, Shamim I. Ahmad, Eva M. Kohner, Rakesh Chibber

2. Classification of Diabetes
Jorge de Faria Maraschin

3. Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Saeko Shibasaki, Akihisa Imagawa, Toshiaki Hanafusa

4. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Khalid Imam

5. Global Prevalence and Future of Diabetes Mellitus
Emil Ginter, Vlado Simko

6. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Pandemic in 21st Century
Emil Ginter, Vlado Simko

7. Emerging Type 2 Diabetes in Young Adults
Soon H. Song

8. Impairment of Immune Systems in Diabetes
Christopher Ting, Vivek Bansal, Ibrahim Batal, Marwan Mounayar, Lola Chabtini, Ghania Akiki, Jamil Azzi

9. Periodontal Disease and Diabetes
Antonio Bascones-Martínez, Santiago Arias-Herrera, Elena Criado-Cámara, Jaime Bascones-Ilundáin, Cristina Bascones-Ilundáin

10. Retinopathy in Diabetes
Joanna M. Tarr, Kirti Kaul, Katarzyna Wolanska, Eva M. Kohner, Rakesh Chibber

11. Nephropathy in Diabetes
Bancha Satirapoj

12. Diabetic Foot
Sanjeev K. Gupta, Surya K. Singh

13. Glycemic Variability in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Eric L. Johnson

14. Diabetic Somatic Neuropathy
Zdravko A. Kamenov, Latchezar D. Traykov

15. Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy
Zdravko A. Kamenov, Latchezar D. Traykov

16. Immunobiology of β-Cell Destruction
Daria Torre

17. Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
Heather Mangiapane

18. Pancreatic Cancer and Diabetes
Maureen Morrison

19. Molecular Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance in Diabetes
Kouidhi Soumaya

20. Viral Infections and Diabetes
Letizia Galleri, Guido Sebastiani, Francesco Vendrame, Fabio Arturo Grieco, Isabella Spagnuolo, Francesco Dotta

21. Oxidative Stress in Diabetes
Krisztian Stadler

22. The Pancreatic β Cells in Human Type 2 Diabetes
Piero Marchetti, Marco Bugliani, Ugo Boggi, Matilde Masini, Lorella Marselli

23. β-Cell Regeneration in Human Pancreas
Matthew Maulis, Roberto Gianani

24. Glucose-Induced Insulin Secretion
Sergio Polakof, Blandine Comte

25. Clinical Features, Diagnostic Criteria and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus
Khalid Imam

26. Management and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
Khalid Imam

27. Nutritional Supplements and Their Effect on Glucose Control
Tanya Lee, Jean-Jacques Dugoua

28. Herbal Medicines for the Management of Diabetes
George Q. Li, Antony Kam, Ka H. Wong, Xian Zhou, Eshaifol A. Omar, Ali Alqahtani, Kong M. Li, Valentina Razmovski-Naumovski, Kelvin Chan

29. Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) Pumps
Vasiliki Valla

30. Pancreatic Transplant in Diabetes
Afshin Tavakoli, Sue Liong

31. Weight Reduction in Diabetes
Stanley Schwartz, Anthony N. Fabricatore, Andrea Diamond

32. Treatment of Obese Diabetics
Štěpán Svačina

33. Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Old Diabetes
Hiroyuki Umegaki

34. Epilogue
Shamim I. Ahmad

Keywords: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Diabetes