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Liraglutide improves metabolic parameters and carotid intima-media thickness in diabetic patients with the metabolic syndrome: an 18-month prospective study

BACKGROUND: Liraglutide, a GLP-1 analogue, exerts several beneficial non-glycemic effects in patients with type-2 diabetes (T2DM), such as those on body weight, blood pressure, plasma lipids and inflammation markers. However, the effects of liraglutide on cardiovascular (CV) risk markers in subjects...

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Autores principales: Rizzo, Manfredi, Rizvi, Ali A., Patti, Angelo Maria, Nikolic, Dragana, Giglio, Rosaria Vincenza, Castellino, Giuseppa, Li Volti, Giovanni, Caprio, Massimiliano, Montalto, Giuseppe, Provenzano, Vincenzo, Genovese, Stefano, Ceriello, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5135832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27912784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-016-0480-8