"Type 1 Diabetes: Complications, Pathogenesis, and Alternative Treatments" ed. by Chih-Pin Liu

This book is intended as an overview of recent progress in type 1 diabetes research worldwide, with a focus on different research areas relevant to this disease. These include: diabetes mellitus and complications, psychological aspects of diabetes, perspectives of diabetes pathogenesis, identification and monitoring of diabetes mellitus, and alternative treatments for diabetes.

The materials presented in this book are expected to be up to date in each research area, and the information included in this book will be useful for both basic science and clinical investigators.
The diabetes patients and their family will benefit from reading the chapters in this book.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Complications
1 The Study of Glycative and Oxidative Stress in Type 1 Diabetes Patients in Relation to Circulating TGF-Beta1, VCAM-1 and Diabetic Vascular Complications
2 Diet, Lifestyle and Chronic Complications in Type 1 Diabetic Patients
3 Lipid Disorders in Type 1 Diabetes
4 Prevalence of Type 1 Diabetes Correlates with Daily Insulin Dose, Adverse Outcomes and with Autoimmune Process Against Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase in Adults
Part 2 Psychological Aspects of Diabetes
5 Type I Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
6 Inadequate Coping Attitudes, Disordered Eating Behaviours and Eating Disorders in Type 1 Diabetic Patients
7 Predictors of Adherence. Metabolic Control and Quality of Life in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
8 Contributing Factors to Poor Adherence and Glycemic Control in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: Facilitating a Move Toward Telehealth
Part 3 Perspectives of Diabetes Pathogenesis
9 Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in IRS-2 Deficient Mice
10 Obesity in the Natural History of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Causes and Consequences
11 Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies to Understand Disease Relatedness
12 Cytokine-Induced b-Cell Stress and Death in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
13 A Novel L-Arginine/L-Glutamine Coupling Hypothesis: Implications for Type 1 Diabetes
Part 4 Identification and Monitoring of Diabetes Mellitus
14 Diabetes Type 1 and 2: What is Behind a Classification?
15 The Enlarging List of Phenotypic Characteristics That Might Allow the Clinical Identification of Families at Risk for Type 1 Diabetes
16 Altering Trends in the Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents
17 Genetic Testing of Newborns for Type 1 Diabetes Susceptibility - The MIDIA Study
Part 5 Alternative Treatments for Diabetes
18 Potentials and Limitations of Bile Acids and Probiotics in Diabetes Mellitus
19 Role of Vitamin D in the Pathogenesis and Therapy of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
20 Honey and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
21 Fatty Acid Supply in Pregnant Women with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
22 Therapeutic Modelling of Type 1 Diabetes