Clinical Diabetes Research: Methods and Techniques

Clinical Diabetes Research: Methods and Techniques
Publisher: Wiley | 2007-09-17 | ISBN: 0470017287| Pages: 422 | PDF | 4.5 Mb

 

Clinical Diabetes Research: Methods and Techniques provides summaries of established state-of-the art-techniques and introduces the new technologies, evaluating their potential in clinical diabetes research. One section compares the efficacy of all metabolic tests that measure insulin action. Another section describes methods that allow quantification of whole body and intracellular metabolic fluxes relevant to diabetes research. The final section focuses on the planning and pitfalls of clinical studies in the field of metabolism. Each chapter throughout the book combines the theoretical basis of the approach with practical recommendations. There are further chapters on the design of clinical trials and ethical considerations.