Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 455-461 , September 2009

“The Linosa Study”: Epidemiological and heritability data of the metabolic syndrome in a Caucasian genetic isolate

  • A. Bellia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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  • E. Giardina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biopathology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy
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  • D. Lauro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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  • M. Tesauro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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  • G. Di Fede

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine and Emerging Diseases, University of Palermo, Italy
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  • G. Cusumano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine and Emerging Diseases, University of Palermo, Italy
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  • M. Federici

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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  • G.B. Rini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine and Emerging Diseases, University of Palermo, Italy
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  • G. Novelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biopathology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy
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  • R. Lauro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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  • P. Sbraccia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 72596888; fax: +39 06 72596890.

Received 17 June 2008 ,Revised 6 October 2008 ,Accepted 10 November 2008.

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☆ Work supported by grants from the Ministero della Salute (RF 2005–conv. N. 76) and from the Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (prot. 2005060925_003). This project was also included in the Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G).

PII: S0939-4753(08)00228-7

doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.11.002

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 455-461 , September 2009

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