Since the discovery of the glucagon hormone, our knowledge of the pathophysiological changes of glucose metabolism has increased substantially. One...

Insulin stimulates the uptake of glucose in several target tissues, including skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, thereby contributing to the decli...

Insulin resistance (IR) and elevated blood pressure are two key features of the metabolic syndrome, which play an important role in the development...

The liver is the first organ to receive nutrients that enter the body via the intestines after a meal, and this organ plays a pivotal role in energ...

Text in English & French. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Measurements, Properties & Utilization of Natural Gas, held in Mont...

The last fifteen years have witnessed the extraordinary evolution of basic and clinical research in the field of lysoso-mal storage diseases (LSDs)...

Mitochondrial respiratory (MRC) disorders are a phenotypically and genetically diverse group of diseases which have an estimated incidence of 1 in ...

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are caused by a deficiency of lysosomal enzyme activities needed to degrade glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), which are long u...

Metabolic disorder caused by altered levels of metabolism resulting pathophysiological abnormalities often leads to childhood death. Several new de...

Metabolic disorder is caused by a gene defect, environmental factors or an unknown aetiology. Altered metabolism caused by these factors affects no...

This book follows an up to date authoritative style on the subject of parathyroid glands and their disorder. This book seeks to expand the horizon ...

Since cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease is the leading cause of death for adults in developed countries, many medical studies focus o...

This book raises very important issues that concern the severe hypercholesterolemia phenotype. The severe hypercholesterolemia phenotype such as fa...