Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 69-74 , March 2006

Anthropometric features and cardiovascular risk in young Latin Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus

  • Larissa Avilés-Santa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-8858, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd G5.238, Dallas, TX 75390-8858, USA.
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  • Karin Salinas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-8858, USA
    • ,
  • Beverley Adams-Huet

      Affiliations

    • General Clinical Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-8858, USA
    • ,
  • Philip Raskin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-8858, USA

Received 11 August 2005 ,Accepted 12 September 2005.

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PII: S1056-8727(05)00121-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2005.09.001

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 69-74 , March 2006

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