Homeostasis. VII. A conspectus.
The characteristics and properties of physiological homeostasis are broadly reviewed in terms that should pave the way for definitive genetic analysis. The ideas are illustrated by common physiological and pathophysiological examples with special reference to type II diabetes mellitus.
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