The metabolic syndrome and its components in postmenopausal women.

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Published in Gynecol Endocrinol on June 01, 2013

Authors

Peter Chedraui1, Glenda San Miguel, Isabel Vintimilla-Sigüenza, Diego Villacreses, Lucía Romero-Huete, Andrea Domínguez, Winston Jaramillo, Gustavo S Escobar, Faustino R Pérez-López, Andrea R Genazzani, Tommaso Simoncini, Research Group for Omega Women's Health Project

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Biomedicine, Research Area for Women's Health, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador. peter.chedraui@cu.ucsg.edu.ec

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