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Diabetes the biography

Robert Tattersall 1943

Localização: FM - Fac. Medicina (WK11.1 T219d 2009 )(Acessar)

Título:
Diabetes the biography
Autor: Robert Tattersall 1943
Assuntos: Diabetes -- History; DIABETES MELLITUS (HISTÓRIA); Diabetes Mellitus -- history; History, Modern 1601
Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index
Descrição: The pissing evil : defining the disease -- Unravelling the role of the pancreas -- Insulin : a force of magical activity -- The dark ages -- Treating long-term complications -- Adult-onset diabetes and tablets at last -- At the laboratory bench -- The pharmaceutical era -- Diabetes becomes epidemic.
Diabetes is increasing rapidly in the modern world, with changing lifestyles, but it has a long history. Robert Tattersall describes the story of diabetes, from the ancient world, through the hopes generated by insulin, to growing concerns about its rapid rise in the young today.
Títulos relacionados: Série:Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)
Editor: Oxford Oxford University Press New York
Data de criação/publicação: 2009
Formato: x, 229 p ill 21 cm.
Idioma: Inglês

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