OVERVIEW OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME; AN EMERGING PANDEMIC OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE

A cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, which occur together have become known as the metabolic syndrome. Over the years various diagnostic criteria have been proposed by different organizations and most recently efforts have been made to unify the diagnost...

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Autor principal: Oladejo, A.O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital, Ibadan 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161488
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spelling pubmed-41110262014-08-26 OVERVIEW OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME; AN EMERGING PANDEMIC OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE Oladejo, A.O. Ann Ib Postgrad Med Original Article A cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, which occur together have become known as the metabolic syndrome. Over the years various diagnostic criteria have been proposed by different organizations and most recently efforts have been made to unify the diagnostic criteria. This article is aimed at providing an overview of the metabolic syndrome and a rational approach to the management of this very important clinical syndrome. Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital, Ibadan 2011-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4111026/ /pubmed/25161488 Text en © Association of Resident Doctors, UCH, Ibadan http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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OVERVIEW OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME; AN EMERGING PANDEMIC OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE
title OVERVIEW OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME; AN EMERGING PANDEMIC OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE
title_full OVERVIEW OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME; AN EMERGING PANDEMIC OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE
title_fullStr OVERVIEW OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME; AN EMERGING PANDEMIC OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE
title_full_unstemmed OVERVIEW OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME; AN EMERGING PANDEMIC OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE
title_short OVERVIEW OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME; AN EMERGING PANDEMIC OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE
title_sort overview of the metabolic syndrome; an emerging pandemic of public health significance
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161488
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