The myth of the metabolic syndrome

Diabetologia

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1679-1683

  Gale, Edwin A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 24944493252     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-1873-5     Document Type: Editorial

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