Metabolic syndrome: Nothing more than a constellation?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 780-781

  Tikhonoff, Valérie ^a   Casiglia, Edoardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548316470     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm024     Document Type: Editorial

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