The metabolic syndrome: Does it exist?

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Zimmet, Paul ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34548540247     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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