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Submitted on December 11, 2006
Revised on January 23, 2007
Accepted on February 12, 2007

The Metabolic Syndrome and Stroke. Potential Treatment Approaches

Juan F. Arenillas MD, PhD; María A. Moro PhD; and Antoni Dávalos MD, PhD^*

From the Stroke Unit, Department of Neurosciences (J.F.A., A.D.), Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain; and the Department of Pharmacology (M.A.M.), School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: adavalos.germanstrias{at}gencat.net.

Key words: glitazones • metabolic syndrome • treatment

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