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The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and associated cardiovascular complications in adult-onset GHD during GH replacement: a KIMS analysis

BACKGROUND: Adult-onset growth hormone deficiency (AO-GHD) is associated with an increased prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). AIM: To determine the effect of GH replacement on the prevalence of MetS in AO-GHD and to study the impact of MetS on the incidence of cardiovascular events during...

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Autores principales: Verhelst, Johan, Mattsson, Anders F, Camacho-Hübner, Cecilia, Luger, Anton, Abs, Roger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5952245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29661785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EC-18-0096