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Uncloaking the genetic determinants of metabolic syndrome.
Journal of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics - 1 Jan 2008
Lahiry Piya, Pollex Rebecca L, Hegele Robert A
Abstract excerpt
The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a commonly encountered cluster of clinical phenotypes, including central obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and dyslipidemia. Identifying genetic determinants of MetS will lead to better understanding of its progression and pathogenesis. To further the knowledge of MetS it is important to not only study the candidate genes for each individual component but to also investigate...
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