Metabolic syndrome in inflammatory rheumatic diseases
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[Metabolic syndrome in inflammatory rheumatic diseases].
Toward the end of the last century a better knowledge of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and their associations led investigators to propose the existence of a unique pathophysiological condition called "metabolic" or "insulin resistance syndrome". Among all, insulin-resistance and compensatory hyperinsulinemia are considered its most important treatment targets. Different definitions have bee...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reumatismo
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2240-2683,0048-7449
DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2006.169