The Islets of Langerhans
When new fellows join my lab, I give them some reading materials so that they can orient themselves in their assignment in a new eld. When fellows leave my lab, some after writing their dissertations, I prefer to give them a book as a symbolic present. I
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THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS
Edited by Md. Shahidul Islam
ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume 654
The Islets of Langerhans
ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Editorial Board: NATHAN BACK, State University of New York at Buffalo IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science ABEL LAJTHA, N.S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research JOHN D. LAMBRIS, University of Pennsylvania RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan
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Editor Md. Shahidul Islam Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences and Education, Södersjukhuset SE-118 83 Stockholm Sweden and Uppsala University Hospital AR Division Uppsala, Sweden
ISBN 978-90-481-3270-6 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3271-3 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3271-3 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009941948 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface
When new fellows join my lab, I give them some reading materials so that they can orient themselves in their assignment in a new field. When fellows leave my lab, some after writing their dissertations, I prefer to give them a book as a symbolic present. I was longing for a book that contained something on more or less everything about the islets. At the same time, I wished it contained information as recent as possible. There are a few such books
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