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Diabetes/Metabolism Reviews Contents of Volume 13 Volume 13, Number 1, March 1997 1 Editorial 3 Pathophysiology and Molecular Mechanism of Visceral Fat Syndrome: The Japanese Experience Y. Matsuzawa 15 From Functional to Microvascular Abnormalities in Early Diabetic Retinopathy G. Ghirlanda, M. A. S. Di Leo, S Caputo, S. Cercone and A. V. Greco 37 Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Ocular Neovascularization and Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy J. W. Miller, A. P. Adamis and L. P. Aiello 51 Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy in its Early Stages G. Deferrari, V. Chell and C. Robaudo 63 Overview and Consensus Statement on Diabetes in Tropical Areas B. B. Tripathy and K. C. Samal 77 Announcements Volume 13, Number 2, June 1997 79 Preface H. Keen 81 Insulin Resistance is Central to the Burden of Diabetes E. Ferrannini 87 Insulin Resistance is Not Central to the Burden of Diabetes P. D. Home 93 Triglyceride is the Major Atherogenic Lipid in NIDDM M.-R. Taskinen 99 Cholesterol is the Major Atherogenic Lipid in NIDDM D. J. Betteridge 105 Primary Prevention of NIDDM; A Practical Reality P. H. Bennett 113 Primary Prevention of NIDDM: A Future Dream J.-P. Assal 119 Reducing the Burden: The Diabetes Debates H. Keen 125 Announcements Volume 13, Number 3, September 1997 127 Islet Antigen-specific T Cell Clones in Autoimmune Diabetes; From Mice to Men N. C. Schloot and B. O. Roep 139 Benign Versus Destructive Insulitis H. Kolb 147 Early Molecular Defects in Human Insulin Resistance: Studies in Healthy Subjects with Low Insulin Sensitivity V. Trischitta, L Frittitta and R. Vigneri 163 Gangliosides and Autoimmune Diabetes R. Misasi, S. Dionisi, L Farilla, B. Carabba, L Lend, U. Di Mario and F. Dotta 181 The Epidemiology of Diabetes in Malta A. G. Schranz 201 Commentaries on Immunology of Diabetes 207 Book Review Volume 13, Number 4, December 1997 209 Gene Therapy for Diabetes: Strategies for ^Cell Modification and Replacement F. Levine 247 Diabetes Registries and Early Biological Markers of Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus F. K. Gorus and the Belgian Diabetes Registry 275 Sex Difference in the Incidence of Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus: An Analysis of the Recent Epidemiological Data M. Karvonen, M. Pitkaniemi, J. Pitkaniemi, K. Kohtamaki, N. Tajima and J. Tuomilehto for the World Health Organization DIAMOND Project Group 293 Is There a Role for Nitric Oxide in j3-Cell Dysfunction and Damage in IDDM? D. L. Eizirik and D. Pavlovic 309 The Role of Deletion Versus Regulation in the Maintenance of Self-tolerance R. G. Gill 315 Commentaries (Immunology of Diabetes Society) 322 Author index 323 Keyword index