The metabolic syndrome [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher D. Byrne, Sarah H. Wild

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.3/9
• Soggetto topico: Metabolism - Disorders
• Altri autori: ByrneChristopher D WildSarah H
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The epidemiology of the metabolic syndrome and its association with diabetes cardiovascular disease and other conditions / Sarah H. Wild and Christopher D. Byrne -- Metabolic syndrome and ethnicity / Therese Tillin and Nita G. Forouhi -- Developmental origins of endothelial dysfunction: a key step in cardiometabolic disease / Christopher Torrens, Geraldine F. Clough, and Mark A. Hanson -- Developmental origins of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes / Susan E. Ozanne and Kenneth Siddle -- The metabolic syndrome in childhood -- / Ram Weiss and Sonia Caprio -- Assessment of insulin sensitivity / Julia Szendroedi, Esther Phielix, and Michael Roden -- Recent progress in identifying genes contributing to type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome -- / Weijia Xie, Timothy M. Frayling and Michael N. Weedon -- Endocrine aspects of the metabolic syndrome / Richard I.G. Holt and Peter H. Sönksen -- Brain insulin resistance / Katharine F. Hunt, Yee Seun Cheah, and Stephanie A. Amiel -- Cardiorespiratory fitness and the metabolic syndrome / Paul A. McAuley and Steven N. Blair -- Metabolic syndrome and mental illness / Richard I.G. Holt and Robert C. Peveler -- Atherothrombosis and the metabolic syndrome / Kristina F. Standeven and Peter J. Grant -- Inflammation and metabolic syndrome / Sridevi Devaraj, David Siegel, and Ishwarlal Jialal -- Adipocytokine dysregulation, obesity and the metabolic syndrome / Ulf Smith and Xiaolin Yang -- Non alcoholic fatty liver disease / Mohamed H. Ahmed and Christopher D. Byrne -- Polycystic ovary syndrome / Naveed Sattar -- Nutrition : its relevance in development and treatment of the metabolic syndrome / Lisa Te Morenga and Jim Mann -- Treatments for the metabolic syndrome / Markolf Hanefeld, Ulrike Schatz, and Frank Schaper -- Metabolic/bariatric surgery therapy for the metabolic syndrome / Henry Buchwald.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Metabolic Syndrome is a valuable reference text, covering all aspects of the metabolic syndrome and its constituent diseases including inflammation, oxidation and adipocytokines. This book explains the aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical treatment of all risk factors as well as the relationship with diabetes, non alcoholic fatty liver disease, polycystic ovary syndrome and coronary heart disease. The Metabolic Syndrome has been further improved from the 1st edition that was highly commended in 2006 Annual British Medical Association medical books
• Titolo autorizzato: The metabolic syndrome
• ISBN: 1-4443-4730-6; 1-283-17829-X; 9786613178299; 1-4443-4731-4; 1-4443-4729-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139616403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II