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Phenomics, lipodystrophy, and the metabolic syndrome.
Trends in cardiovascular medicine - 1 May 2004
Hegele Robert A
Abstract excerpt
The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common multiplex cluster of phenotypes strongly related to cardiovascular disease that includes central obesity with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes. The core molecular defect of the MetS is insulin resistance; indeed, the terms "MetS" and "insulin resistance syndrome" often are used interchangeably. The successful translation to clinical medicine of molecular...
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