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Metabolic syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus from Southern Spain.
Lupus - 1 Sept 2008
Sabio J M, Zamora-Pasadas M, Jiménez-Jáimez J, Albadalejo F, Vargas-Hitos J, Rodríguez del Aguila M D M, Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Gonzalez-Gay M A, Jimenez-Alonso J, Alonso J J
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to establish the frequency, phenotype and characteristics of metabolic syndrome (MS), as defined by the Adult Treatment Panel III, in a cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its possible association with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). A total of 160 patients with SLE and 245 age, sex, educational level and ethnically matched controls were...
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