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Table of Content Volume 15 Issue 1 - July 2020


Metabolic syndrome among elderly in a tertiary care center

 

Nagaraj S K1, Shashanka K S2*, Shashidhar G3, Vigneshwar M4

 

1, 2Postgraduate, 3Professor, 4Assistant Professor, Department Of General Medicine, MVJ Medical College And Research Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Email: shashankksrinivas@gmail.com

 

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