Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 269-276 , April 2011

Metabolic syndrome in children with Prader–Willi syndrome: The effect of obesity

  • P. Brambilla

      Affiliations

    • ASL Milano 2, Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Via Parada 32, 20057 Vedano al Lambro (MI), Italy. Tel.: +39 3392238772; fax: +39 0295158603.
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  • A. Crinò

      Affiliations

    • Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Research Institute, Rome, Italy
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  • G. Bedogni

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Liver Research Center, Trieste, Italy
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  • L. Bosio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, S. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute S. Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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  • M. Cappa

      Affiliations

    • Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Research Institute, Rome, Italy
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  • A. Corrias

      Affiliations

    • Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita, Turin, Italy
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  • M. Delvecchio

      Affiliations

    • Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Research Institute, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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  • S. Di Candia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, S. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute S. Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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  • L. Gargantini

      Affiliations

    • Azienda Ospedaliera Treviglio, Treviglio (BG), Italy
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  • E. Grechi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, S. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute S. Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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  • L. Iughetti

      Affiliations

    • Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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  • A. Mussa

      Affiliations

    • Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita, Turin, Italy
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  • L. Ragusa

      Affiliations

    • Oasi Maria SS, Research Institute, Troina (EN), Italy
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  • M. Sacco

      Affiliations

    • Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Research Institute, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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  • A. Salvatoni

      Affiliations

    • Università dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy
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  • G. Chiumello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, S. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute S. Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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  • G. Grugni

      Affiliations

    • Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Research Institute, Verbania, Italy
    • On behalf of the Genetic Obesity Study Group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (ISPED).

Received 6 June 2009 ,Revised 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 11 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.10.004

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 269-276 , April 2011

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