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Metabolic syndrome in rheumatic diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical implications

Subjects with metabolic syndrome–a constellation of cardiovascular risk factors of which central obesity and insulin resistance are the most characteristic–are at increased risk for developing diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. In these subjects, abdominal adipose tissue is a source of in...

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Autores principales: Sidiropoulos, Prodromos I, Karvounaris, Stylianos A, Boumpas, Dimitrios T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2483433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18492218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2397