• Editorial Base

• Australia's contribution 

• List of Australian reviewers

• Contacts

Editorial Base
The Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group is responsible for the preparation and maintenance of reviews in The Cochrane Library on the prevention, treatment and management of diabetes.  The Editorial Base is located at Heinrich Heine University in Duesseldorf, Germany and  is funded by the Institut fuer Internationale Kommunikation, Germany. 

Other Review Groups contribute to the preparation of reviews on diabetic complications: 

• Eyes and Vision Group: diabetic retinopathy

• Neuromuscular Diseases Group / Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group: diabetic neuropathy

• Renal Group: diabetic kidney disease

• Wounds Group: diabetic foot

• Peripheral Vascular Diseases Group / Hypertension Group / Heart Group: diabetic angiopathies

• Pregnancy and Childbirth Group: gestational diabetes and pregnancy in diabetes

Australia's contribution 

• The Metabolic and Endocrine  Disorders Group has one Australian editor: Stephen Colagiuri.  
• The Renal Review Group is based at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales Australia.  The group is led by Jonathan Craig and receives funding from the Department of Health and Ageing and other sources. The Sydney based group support reviewers and Cochrane activity related to renal health globally.
• The Pregnancy and Childbirth Group has a regional base in Australia, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. 
• Twenty Australian reviewers have published reviews or protocols. View full list of Australian reviewers

The Australian Government Department of Health and ageing has provided three years of funding to support the establishment of a regional base for the Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group and facilitate Cochrane activity in the Australian diabetes community. 

Contacts
The Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Review Group Co-ordinator is Susanne Ebrahim. 

(source: Richter B, Ebrahim S, Bergerhoff K, Clar C, de Leiva A, Manning P, Mauricio D, Owens D, Waugh N Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group . In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2004. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)

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