The metabolic syndrome: time for a critical appraisal

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Richard Kahn1, John B. Buse2, Ele Ferrannini3, Stern Mp4
1American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA, 22311, USA
2Division of Endocrinology and of General Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
3Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa School of Medicine, Pisa, Italy
4Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA.

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