title: Response letter regarding the article "significance of the presence of metabolic syndrome in patients with asymptomatic arteriosclerosis affecting the aorta and the cerebral, extra-cranial carotid and coronary arteries".
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohnuki
authors.forename: Wakoh
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohnuki
authors.forename: Shiaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: Shunya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takizawa
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*