title: The metabolic syndrome: cluster with a self-fulfilling loop?
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. markus.clemenz@charite.de
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clemenz
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kintscher
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Unger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D012307:Risk Factors; D014998:Y Chromosome