Heart Disease and Diabetes (Advances in Diabetes)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: December 19, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781841842202
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Diabetes; Medical / Nursing; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Health & Fitness; Health/Fitness; Cardiology; Diseases - Diabetes; Health & Fitness / Diseases / Diabetes; Diseases - Heart
First sentence: In the Banting lecture of 1988 Gerald Reaven introduced the concept of a 'metabolic syndrome' ('syndrome X') which included insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinaemia, dyslipidaemia and hypertension.