Metabolic syndrome and psychiatric illness : interactions, pathophysiology, assessment and treatment /

Metabolic syndrome is a set of risk factors that includes: abdominal obesity, a decreased ability to process glucose (insulin resistance), dyslipidemia (unhealthy lipid levels), and hypertension. Patients who have this syndrome have been shown to be at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular...

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Main Author: Mendelson, Scott D.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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