Behind and beyond the pediatric metabolic syndrome

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 41, 2009, Pages

  Brambilla, Paolo ^a,b   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^c  

^a ASL Milano 2   (Italy)

^b FIMP Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NOTE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 74949136170     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-41     Document Type: Note

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