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References for NMIC Bulletin 2007; 13 3 ; "Update on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus DM ; " 1. World Health Organisation Expert Committee. Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Report of a WHO consultation, part 1: diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Geneva: World Health Organisation 1999. 2. Nolan JJ. What is type 2 diabetes? Diabetes: Basic Facts. Medicine 2006; 34 2 ; : . 52-56. 3. Lambert P, Bingley PJ. What is type 1 diabetes? Diabetes: Basic Facts. Medicine 2006; 34 2 ; : 47-51. 4. Stumvoll M, Goldstein BJ et al, Type 2 diabetes: principles of pathogenesis and therapy. Lancet 2005; 365: 1333-46. Diabetes: Prevention and Model for Patient Care. DOH Publication. 2006 dohc.ie publications all #D. Accessed 20 6 2007. Stratton I, Adler A et al, Association of glycaemia with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes UKPDS 35 ; : prospective observational study. BMJ 2000; 321: 405-12 Thomas DE, Elliott EJ, Naughton GA. Exercise for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD002968. DOI: 10.1002 14651858. CD002968.pub2. 8. Moore H, Summerbell C, et al. Dietary advice for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults Review ; . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004097. DOI: 10.1002 14651858. CD004097.pub3. 9. Nathan DM, Buse JB, et al. Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes: a consensus algorithm for the initiation and adjustment of therapy. Diabetologia 2006; 49: 1711-1721. Heine RJ, Diamant M, et al. Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes. BMJ 2006; 333: 1200-4. Type 2 diabetes part 1 ; : the management of blood glucose. MeReC Briefing, National Prescribing Centre, NHS, 2004; Issue No. 25 12. Individual Summaries of Product Characteristics available on medicines.ie or imb.ie 13. Cuthbertson D, Leese G. Managing type 2 diabetes: oral antidiabetic drugs. Prescriber 5 July 2003: 47-52. escriber 14. SPC Glucophage. Available at medicines.ie. Accessed 2 7 2007. Saenz A, Fernandez-Esteban I, et al. Metformin monotherapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus Review ; . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD002966. DOI: 10.1002 14651858. CD002966.pub3. 16. Davies M, Srinivasan B. Glycaemic Management of type 2 diabetes. Medicine 2006; 34 2 ; : 69-75. 17. SPC Glucobay Available at medicines.ie Accessed 2 7 2007. Drugs used in diabetes. British National Formulary 53 March 2007 ; Chapter 6.1 pps. 354-371. 19. SPC Stalrix Available at emea ropa epar accessed 2 7 2007. SPC Prandin Available at emea ropa epar Accessed 2 7 2007. Black C. Donnelly P, et al. Meglitinide analogues for type 2 diabetes mellitus Review ; . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004654. DOI: 10.1002 14651858. CD004654. pub2 22. Kahn SE, Haffner SM, et al. Glycemic Durability of Rosiglitazone, Metformin, or Glyburide Monotherapy. NEJ M 2006; 355: 2427-43. SPC Avandia Available at emea ropa epar Accessed 2 7 and famvir. ANG II 0 0 Fig.4. Effects of angiotensin II ANG II; 108moll1 ; before and after treatment with atropine 106moll1 ; and pertussis toxin PTx; 1011moll1 ; on stroke volume VS ; and stroke work WS ; in isolated and perfused paced eel hearts. For details, see Materials and methods. Percentage changes are shown as means S.E.M. of four experiments for each drug. * Significantly different from the control value P 0.05 ; . 30 VS % ; ANG II + ISO + Phenyl VS % ; 10 + Atropine + PTx ANG II + Propanolol + Phentolamine + Sotalol.

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REFERENCES 1. Ahmari SE, Buchanan J, and Smith SJ. Assembly of presynaptic active zones from cytoplasmic transport packets. Nat Neurosci 3: 445-451, 2000. Coulson RL, and Klein M. Rapid development of synaptic connections and plasticity between sensory neurons and motor neurons of Aplysia in cell culture: implications for learning and regulation of synaptic strength. J Neurophysiol 77: 2316-2327, 1997. Devay P, McGehee DS, Yu CR, and Role LW. Target-specific control of nicotinic receptor expression at developing interneuronal synapses in chick. Nat Neurosci 2: 528534, 1999. Feng ZP, Klumperman J, Lukowiak K, and Syed NI. In vitro synaptogenesis between the somata of identified Lymnaea neurons requires protein synthesis but not extrinsic growth factors or substrate adhesion molecules. J Neurosci 17: 7839-7849, 1997. Feng ZP, Grigoriev N, Munno D, Lukowiak K, MacVicar BA, Goldberg JI, and Syed NI. Development of Ca2 + hotspots between Lymnaea neurons during synaptogenesis. J Physiol 539: 53-65, 2002. Gilbert SF. Developmental Biology, Ed., Sinauer Associates, Inc. c2000, Massachusetts, pages. 7. Hamakawa T, Woodin MA, Bjorgum MC, Painter SD, Takasaki M, Lukowiak K, Nagle GT, and Syed NI. Excitatory synaptogenesis between identified Lymnaea neurons requires extrinsic trophic factors and is mediated by receptor tyrosine kinases. J Neurosci 19: 9306-9312, 1999. Haydon PG, and Drapeau P. From contact to connection: early events during synaptogenesis. Trends Neurosci 18: 196-201, 1995. Hermann PM, van Kesteren RE, Wildering WC, Painter SD, Reno JM, Smith JS, Kumar SB, Geraerts WP, Ericsson LH, Smit AB, Bulloch AG, and Nagle GT. Neurotrophic actions of a novel molluscan epidermal growth factor. J Neurosci 20: 6355-6364, 2000. The essence of any cohort study is the comparison of outcomes between people who received the intervention and those who did not. For example, to answer the question, "Do patients who receive an atypical antipsychotic drug have an increased risk of hip fracture?" a cohort study must ask: "What would have happened to these patients if they had not received the atypical antipsychotic drug?" Ideally, the comparison group in the cohort study should be identical to the intervention group, apart from the fact that they did not receive the intervention. This ideal comparison group is described by methodologists as providing the "counterfactual" or "potential outcome."9 In reality, this ideal comparison group does not exist. Part of the art of designing a cohort study is choosing comparison groups that approach this ideal in order to minimise selection bias while maintaining clinically relevance. The analysis of the association between antipsychotic drugs and hip fracture can be used to define the types of comparisons that could be found in cohort studies. For any specific intervention such as exposure to atypical antipsychotics ; two factors--the exposure experience of the comparison group and the population from which the intervention and comparison groups are selected--define the types of comparisons that are possible box 2 ; . People taking atypical antipsychotics can be compared with either people taking an alternative antipsychotic or with those prescribed no antipsychotic drugs. These comparisons could be made in a general population all elderly people ; or in a restricted population elderly people with dementia.

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