American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1732-1735 , 15 June 2009

A Comparison of the Prevalence of the MS and Its Complications Using Three Proposed Definitions in Korean Subjects

  • Ki Chul Sung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Byung Jin Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Bum Soo Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Won Young Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Jeong Bae Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cheil Hospital, Kwandong University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Andrew Michael Wilson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Received 7 November 2008 ,Revised 10 February 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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 This work was partially supported by the Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, Korea, Grant, SBRI C-A8-216-1. Dr. Wilson is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.

PII: S0002-9149(09)00608-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.02.027

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1732-1735 , 15 June 2009

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