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. 2016 May;13(4):369-70.
doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2016.04.007.

The relation between epicardial fat thickness and metabolic syndrome

Sevket Balta  1 , Cengiz Ozturk  1 , Mustafa Aparci  2 , Mustafa Demir  1 , Ali Osman Yildirim  1 , Turgay Celik  1
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The relation between epicardial fat thickness and metabolic syndrome

Sevket Balta et al. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2016 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Epicardial fat thickness; Metabolic syndrome.

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