Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Angiogenesis in the Metabolic Syndrome

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Soares, Raquel (Editor), Costa, Carla (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Diabetes.; Metabolic diseases.; Oncology.; Oxidative stress.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Metabolic Diseases.; Oxidative Stress.

Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is a highly prevalent condition in developed countries and is a cluster of several risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease that includes increased body mass index/waist circumference, visceral obesity, insulin resistance, hyperclycaemia, dyslipidaemia and...