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ISSN 1811-6515
THE SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF
Diabetes & vascular disease
CONTENTS
Editorials
135
Recent advances in the pharmacological management of painful diabetic
neuropathy: a South African perspective and comment
G Lamacraft
138
An historic event: non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
acknowledged at last?
WF Mollentze
Current Topics
139
Recent advances in the pharmacological management of painful diabetic
neuropathy
S Tesfaye, D Selvarajah
Review
143
Cognitive decline: the relevance of diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and
hypertension
T Etgen, D Sander, H Bickel, K Sander, H Förstl
Research Article
149
Comparison of HLA class II
antigens between three type 1
diabetes groups in the central
region of Algeria
R Raache, A Benyahia, H Amroun,
N Attal, W Hamiane, M Azzouz, L Lacet,
S Haworth, A Boudiba, MC Abbadi
Disease Focus
154
Postural hypotension
S Waddingham
Corresponding Editor
DR FA Mahomed
Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg
Consulting Editors
PROF WF MOLLENTZE
PROF J-C MBANYA
PROF AJ BRINK
National Editorial Board
DR A AMOD
Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and
Metabolic Diseases, Life Healthcare,
Chatsmed Gardens Hospital, Durban
SR K BECKERT
Diabetes Nurse, Paarl
PROF F BONNICI
Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health
Sciences, University of Cape Town and
President of Diabetes South Africa
PROF R DELPORT
Department of Family Medicine,
University of Pretoria
DR L DISTILLER
Director of the Centre of Diabetes
and Endocrinology, Houghton,
Johannesburg
DR F MAHOMED
Department of Endocrinology,
Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg
PROF CD POTGIETER
Specialist Nephrologist, University
of Pretoria and Jakaranda Hospital,
Pretoria
PROF K SLIWA
Associate Professor of Medicine and
Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johan-
nesburg
PROF YK SEEDAT
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and
Honorary Research Associate,
University of Natal, Durban
International Editorial Board
PROF IW CAMPBELL
Physician, Victoria Hospital, Kircaldy,
Scotland, UK
PROF PJ GRANT
Professor of Medicine and head of
Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular
Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and
Health, University of Leeds; honorary
consultant physician, United Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
PROF J-C MBANYA
Professor of Endocrinology, Faculty of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon and
President-Elect, International Diabetes
Federation (2006−2009)
PROF N POULTER
Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular
Medicine, Imperial College, School of
Medicine, London, UK
DR H PURCELL
Senior Research Fellow in Cardiology,
Royal Brompton National Heart and
Lung Hospital, London, UK
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