Prevalence of atherosclerotic vascular disease among subjects with the metabolic syndrome with or without diabetes mellitus: the METS-GREECE Multicentre Study.

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Published in Curr Med Res Opin on November 01, 2004

Authors

Vasilios G Athyros1, Dimitri P Mikhailidis, Athanasios A Papageorgiou, Triandafillos P Didangelos, Emmanuel S Ganotakis, Athanasios N Symeonidis, Stella S Daskalopoulou, Anna I Kakafika, Moses Elisaf, METS-GREECE Collaborative Group

Author Affiliations

1: Atherosclerosis Unit, Aristotelian University, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. athyros@med.auth.gr

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