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Effects of chromosome 17 on features of the metabolic syndrome in the Lyon hypertensive rat.
Physiological genomics - 22 Apr 2008
Gilibert S, Kwitek A E, Hubner N, Tschannen M, Jacob H J, Sassard J, Bataillard A
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The metabolic syndrome (involving obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and a proinflammatory/prethrombotic state) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Its incidence continues to rise, in part because of the epidemic increase in obesity. The Lyon hypertensive (LH) rat is a model for hypertension and several other features of the metabolic syndrome, having high body weight, plasma...
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