DOI: 10.1055/s-00000025

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Issue 09 · Volume 39 · September 2007 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-7020

Editorial

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Hanefeld, M.; Ceriello, A.; Schwarz, P. E. H.; Bornstein, S. R.: The Challenge of the Metabolic Syndrome

Review

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Franco, O. H.; Karnik, K.; Bonneux, L.: The Future of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Polyhype or Polyhope? Tales from the Polyera
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Schwarz, P. E. H.; Peltonen, M.: Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes - Lessons we have Learnt for Implementation
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Saely, C. H.; Rein, P.; Drexel, H.: The Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: Experiences with the New Diagnostic Criteria from the International Diabetes Federation
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Schutte, A. E.; Olckers, A.: Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Black South African Women Compared to Caucasian Women
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Ehninger, A.; Mziaut, H.; Solimena, M.: Emerging Role of SUMO in Pancreatic β-Cells
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Colette, C.; Monnier, L.: Acute Glucose Fluctuations and Chronic Sustained Hyperglycemia as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
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Kaline, K.; Bornstein, S. R.; Bergmann, A.; Hauner, H.; Schwarz, P. E. H.: The Importance and Effect of Dietary Fiber in Diabetes Prevention with Particular Consideration of Whole Grain Products

Original

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Koehler, C.; Ott, P.; Benke, I.; Hanefeld, M.; The DIG Study Group: Comparison of the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome by WHO, AHA/NHLBI, and IDF Definitions in a German Population with Type 2 Diabetes: The Diabetes in Germany (DIG) Study
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Rudofsky, G.; Reismann, P.; Grafe, I. A.; Konrade, I.; Djuric, Z.; Tafel, J.; Buchbinder, S.; Zorn, M.; Humpert, P. M.; Hamann, A.; Morcos, M.; Nawroth, P. P.; Bierhaus, A.: Improved Vascular Function upon Pioglitazone Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes is not Associated with Changes in Mononuclear NF-κB Binding Activity
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Kuethe, F.; Sigusch, H. H.; Bornstein, S. R.; Hilbig, K.; Kamvissi, V.; Figulla, H. R.: Apoptosis in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Diabetes: A Feature of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy?
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Bergmann, A.; Li, J.; Wang, L.; Schulze, J.; Bornstein, S. R.; Schwarz, P. E. H.: A Simplified Finnish Diabetes Risk Score to Predict Type 2 Diabetes Risk and Disease Evolution in a German Population
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Ho, J. T.; Keogh, J. B.; Bornstein, S. R.; Ehrhart-Bornstein, M.; Lewis, J. G.; Clifton, P. M.; Torpy, D. J.: Moderate Weight Loss Reduces Renin and Aldosterone but does not Influence Basal or Stimulated Pituitary-adrenal Axis Function

Short Communication

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Tselmin, S.; Schwarz, P. E. H.; Bergmann, A.; Bornstein, S.; Bergmann, S.: High Prevalence of Dyslipidemia in the Dresden Jewish Population

Letter to the Editor

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Schuppenies, A.; Fischer, S.; Bornstein, S. R.; Korenblum, W.: Increased Prevalence of Thyroid Disease in Emigrants of the Former Soviet Union: Is the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis Involved?