The SA Journal Diabetes & Vascular Disease Vol 14 No 1 (July 2017)

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CONTENTS
Research Articles
24 Effects of a PPAR-gamma receptor agonist and an angiotensin receptor
antagonist on aortic contractile responses to alpha receptor agonists in
diabetic and/or hypertensive rats
I Tugrul, T Dost, O Demir, F Gokalp, O Oz, N Girit, M Birincioglu
29 Is the relationship of body mass index to severity of coronary artery
disease different from that of waist-to-hip ratio and severity of coronary
artery disease? Paradoxical findings
AF Zand Parsa, B Jahanshahi
33 Association of homocysteinaemia with hyperglycaemia, dyslipidaemia,
hypertension and obesity
D Sengwayo, M Moraba, S Motaung
38 Diabetes News
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