The metabolic syndrome X
Subtitle: convergence of insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, hypertension, obesity, and dyslipidemias--searching for underlying defects
By: edited by Barbara Caleen Hansen, JoAnne Saye, and Lawrence P. Wennogle.
Contributors: Hansen, Barbara C.; Saye, JoAnne.; Wennogle, Lawrence P.
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 892
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Insulin resistance -- Congresses; Obesity -- Congresses; Hypertension -- Congresses; Lipids -- Metabolism -- Disorders -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Synergy (Online database)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Overview of the physiology of the metabolic syndrome; title: Hypertension and predisposition to the metabolic syndrome; title: Adipose cell biochemistry and syndrome X; title: Regulation of insulin receptor action and syndrome X; title: Potential animal models of syndrome X: role of the central nervous system; title: Poster papers.