Metabolic syndrome, undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance are highly prevalent in urbanised South African blacks with coronary artery disease.

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Published in Cardiovasc J S Afr on May 30, 2006

Authors

L M Ntyintyane1, V R Panz, F J Raal, G V Gill

Author Affiliations

1: Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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