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Metabolic syndrome in primary aldosteronism and essential hypertension: relationship to adiponectin gene variants.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Feb 2010
Ronconi V, Turchi F, Rilli S, Di Mattia D, Agostinelli L, Boscaro M, Giacchetti G
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Evidence shows that aldosterone excess is crucial for the development of cardiac and metabolic complications. Among the possible pathogenetic elements of the metabolic syndrome, adiponectin and its polymorphisms seem to confer a genetic risk for metabolic alterations and type 2 diabetes. Aims of the study were to investigate whether metabolic syndrome represents a common feature in patients...
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