Clinical Diabetes

Anatomy and physiology of the pancreatic islets; regulation and mechanism of insulin secretion; morphology of the normal and diabetic endocrine pancreas; insulin molecular structure and molecular behaviour; insulin action and metabolism; diagnostic criteria, classification and presentation of diabetes; aetiology and pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes - epidemiology; aetiology and pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes - immunology; aetiology and pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes - viruses; type 2 diabetes - epidemiology; type 2 diabetes - genetic implications from studies in identical twins; type 2 diabetes - pathophysiology; insulin treatment; insulin infusion systems; insulin immunogenicity; oral hypoglycaemic agents; food and diabetes; diabetes and surgery; management of diabetes in pregnancy; diabetic comas; diabetic macrovascular disease; diabetic retinopathy; diabetic neuropathy; diabetic nephrology; dermatological problems in diabetes; paediatric diabetes.