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This monograph focuses on current discoveries in the etiology of diabetes mellitus in its various forms, as well as on novel diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for its treatment. It also provides an exciting forecast of various developments expected to emerge during the next 20 years. The book functions as an incentive for the future rather than as an exhaustive review of available knowledge on the subject of diabetes and its treatment.

"Diabetes is now a worldwide pandemic affecting 151 million people...The days of just a few specialists coping with patients are over. Now it is a question of teams of health care professionals trying to deal with the rising workload. Prevention of complications is feasible and vitalEducation is the fulcrum of these activities. The present volume makes a major contribution and gives an international perspectiveThe book is useful to all, be it a health worker wanting to check on the latest on oral insulin or a scientist interested in anti-oxidant actions. It can be recommended to all." Professor Sir George Alberti, President, International Diabetes Federation, Imperial College, London, UK, from the Foreword