Diabetologia

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W. Waldhäusl

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W. Gartner

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A. Kautzky-Willer

Official Announcement 38th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Budapest, Hungary 1–5 September 2002

The in vivo regulation of pulsatile insulin secretion

N. Pørksen

Genetic linkage and association studies of Type I diabetes: challenges and rewards

L. L. Field

Pregnancy and progression of diabetic nephropathy

K. Rossing, P. Jacobsen, E. Hommel, E. Mathiesen, A. Svenningsen, P. Rossing, H.-H. Parving

White blood-cell count and the risk of impaired fasting glucose or Type II diabetes in middle-aged Japanese men

N. Nakanishi, H. Yoshida, Y. Matsuo, K. Suzuki, K. Tatara

Glucocorticoid induced insulin resistance impairs basal but not glucose entrained high-frequency insulin pulsatility in humans

M. Hollingdal, C. B. Juhl, R. Dall, J. Sturis, J. D. Veldhuis, O. Schmitz, N. Pørksen

5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside treatment improves glucose homeostasis in insulin-resistant diabetic (ob/ob) mice

X. M. Song, M. Fiedler, D. Galuska, J. W. Ryder, M. Fernström, A. V. Chibalin, H. Wallberg-Henriksson, J. R. Zierath

Progression to insulin-requiring diabetes in seronegative prediabetic subjects: the role of two HLA-DQ high-risk haplotypes

M. Pietropaolo, D. J. Becker, R. E. LaPorte, J. S. Dorman, S. Riboni, W. A. Rudert, S. Mazumdar, M. Trucco

Succesful transplantation of human islets in recipients bearing a kidney graft

F. Bertuzzi, F. Grohovaz, P. Maffi, A. Caumo, L. Aldrighetti, R. Nano, P. Hengster, G. Calori, V. Di Carlo, E. Bonifacio, A. Secchi

Reduced beta-cell mass and expression of oxidative stress-related DNA damage in the islet of Japanese Type II diabetic patients

H. Sakuraba, H. Mizukami, N. Yagihashi, R. Wada, C. Hanyu, S. Yagihashi

The pancreatic beta-cell-specific transcription factor Pax-4 inhibits glucagon gene expression through Pax-6

B. Ritz-Laser, A. Estreicher, B. R. Gauthier, A. Mamin, H. Edlund, J. Philippe

Impaired intellectual development in children with Type I diabetes: association with HbA1 c, age at diagnosis and sex

E. J. Schoenle, D. Schoenle, L. Molinari, R. H. Largo

Orosomucoid in urine predicts cardiovascular and over-all mortality in patients with Type II diabetes

M. S. Christiansen, E. Hommel, E. Magid, B. Feldt-Rasmussen

Role of 12-lipoxygenase and oxidant stress in hyperglycaemia-induced acceleration of atherosclerosis in a diabetic pig model

R. Natarajan, R. G. Gerrity, J.-L. Gu, L. Lanting, L. Thomas, J. L. Nadler

Complete mutation scan of the human Fas ligand gene: Linkage studies in Type I diabetes mellitus families

R. L. Nolsøe, O. P. Kristiansen, Z. M. Larsen, J. Johannesen, F. Pociot, T. Mandrup-Poulsen

Retinal photoreceptors of Syrian hamsters undergo oxidative stress during streptozotocin-induced diabetes

A. Colantuoni, B. Longoni, P. L. Marchiafava

DNA demethylation modulates mouse leptin promoter activity during the differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells

N. Yokomori, M. Tawata, T. Onaya

Reduced lipolysis as possible cause for greater weight gain in subjects with the Pro12Ala polymorphism in PPARγ2?

Observations Subclinical inflammation in newly detected Type II diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance

Identification of a gain-of-function mutation in the HNF-1β gene in a Japanese family with MODY

A novel hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β (MODY-5) gene mutation in an Italian family with renal dysfunctions and early-onset diabetes

Book reviews

S. Gasic