Assessment of stress hormone responses in diabetes: secretion, circulating levels and action in vivo

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Editors V
3. List of first-mentioned contributors V
4. Preface IX
5. Contents XI
6. Discovery of photocoagulation treatment in diabetic eye disease 1
7. Research methodologies in measuring blood glucose and in defining diabetes 9
8. Immunohistochemical methods in the study of islet amyloid polypeptide 27
9. Determination of insulin sensitivity by glucose clamp technique 37
10. Insulin sensitivity from the minimal model 55
11. Methodological issues in dietary studies of diabetes 71
12. Assessment of body composition 85
13. Calorimetry 97
14. Research methodologies for recording blood pressure in diabetic patients 113
15. Research methodologies in measurement of platelet function, endothelial proteins, coagulation factors and fibrinolysis 125
16. Clinical research methodologies in diabetic pregnancy 147
17. Research methodologies in evaluation of fetal dysfunction 169
18. Exercise protocols in diabetes 191
19. Assessment of stress hormone responses in diabetes: secretion, circulating levels and action in vivo 207
20. Exploring diabetic heart disease 219
21. Electrophysiological methods in the evaluation of diabetic neuropathy 231
22. Clinical assessment of neuropathy, vascular disease and the leg in diabetes 247
23. Research methodologies related to renal complications: structural changes 289
24. Measurement of pressure, flow and other parameters of the peripheral macro- and microcirculation in diabetes 311
25. Conducting clinical trials in diabetic renal disease, including power analysis 327
26. Methods for estimating the kinetics of lipid fuels in vivo 345
27. Methods in protein metabolism in diabetes 361
28. Research methodologies in the evaluation of pancreas and islet cell transplantation 375
29. Survival studies related to diabetes mellitus 425
30. Pitfalls in patient selection and statistical procedures in diabetes research 443
31. How to assess efficacy of oral antidiabetic agents 457
32. Research methodologies of eicosanoid biosynthesis and function in diabetes 471
33. Measurement of components of the renin angiotensin system in humans: relationship with diabetic complications and antihypertensive treatment 491
34. Research methods of cerebrovascular disease in diabetes 511
35. World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki 527
36. Subject Index 531