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Metabolic syndrome: genetic insights into disease pathogenesis.
Current opinion in lipidology - 1 Apr 2016
Abou Ziki Maen D, Mani Arya
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of interrelated and heritable metabolic traits, which collectively impart unsurpassed risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Considerable work has been done to understand the underlying disease mechanisms by elucidating its genetic cause. RECENT FINDINGS: Genome-wide association studies have been widely utilized albeit with...
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