Volume 46,
SUPPLEMENT 2 - SEPTEMBER 1997


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A JOURNAL OF
THE AMERICAN
DIABETES
ASSOCIATION®
www.diabetes.org/diabetes

Current State and Perspectives of Diabetes Research:
Chronic Complications


Foreword
P.J. DYCK

S3


Approaches to improve epidemiological studies of diabetic neuropathy: insights from the
Rochester Diabetic Neuropathy Study (RDNS)
P.J. DYCK, L.J. MELTON, III, P.C. O'BRIEN, AND F.J. SERVICE

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Endothelial dysfunction: cause of the insulin resistance syndrome
J.H. PINKNEY, C.D.A. STEHOUWER, S.W. COPPACK, AND J.S. YUDIN

S9


Antioxidant defense: vitamins E and C and carotenoids
W. STAHL AND H. SIES

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Recent progress in advanced glycation end products and diabetic complications
H. VLASSARA

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Growth factor alterations in advanced diabetic retinopathy: a possible role of blood retina barrier breakdown
A. PFEIFFER, J. SPRANGER, R. MEYER-SCHWICKERATH, AND H. SCHATZ

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Metabolic and vascular factors in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy
N.E. CAMERON AND M.A. COTTER

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The roles of oxidative stress and antioxidant treatment in experimental diabetic neuropathy
P.A. LOW, K.K. NICKANDER, AND H.J. TRITSCHLER

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Role of neurotrophins in diabetic neuropathy and treatment with nerve growth factors
D.R. TOMLINSON, P. FERNYHOUGH, AND L.T. DIEMEL

S43


The pathology of human diabetic neuropathy
R.A. MALIK

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Classification, differential diagnosis, and staging of diabetic peripheral neuropathy
P.K. THOMAS

S54


The pathogenesis of diabetic foot problems: an overview
J.E. SHAW AND A.J.M. BOULTON

S58


-lipoic acid in the treatment of diabetic peripheral and cardiac autonomic neuropathy
D. ZIEGLER AND F.A. GRIES

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Diagnosis of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in diabetes
V. SPALLONE AND G. MENZINGER

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Pathophysiology of diabetic gastroparesis
P. ENCK AND T. FRIELING

S77


Aldose reductase inhibitors: the end of an era or the need for different trial designs?
M.A. PFEIFER, M.P. SCHUMER, AND D.A. GELBER

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Essential fatty acids in the management of impaired nerve function in diabetes
D.F. HORROBIN

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Upright posture and the microvasculature in human diabetic neuropathy: a hypothesis
J.D. WARD

S94


Pathogenesis of diabetic vascular disease: evidence for the role of reduced heparan sulfate proteoglycan
T. JENSEN

S98


Blood glucose control and microvascular and macrovascular complications in diabetes
K.F. HANSSEN

S101


How to protect the kidney in diabetic patients: with special reference to IDDM
C.E. MOGENSEN

S104


Role of modified lipoproteins in diabetic macroangiopathy
J.L. WITZTUM

S112


Blood vessel wall interactions in diabetes
K. SCHROR

S115


Impaired coronary flow reserve in NIDDM: a possible role for diabetic cardiopathy in humans
B.E. STRAUER, W. MOTZ, M. VOGT, AND B. SCHWARTZKOPFF

S119


The role of nutritional modifications in the prevention of macrovascular complications of diabetes
J.I. MANN

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Pharmacological strategies to prevent macrovascular disease in NIDDM
J.A. COLWELL

S131


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