Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 56, Issue 8 , Pages 1081-1086 , August 2007

The effects of pioglitazone on cerebrovascular resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

  • Jong Suk Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Min Ho Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Kyung Yul Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Chul Sik Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Hai Jin Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Ji Sun Nam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Chul Woo Ahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Endocrinology, Department for Internal Medicine, Youngdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Dogok-dong, Kangnam-ku, P.O. Box 135-720, Seoul 146-92, Korea. Tel.: +822 2019 3339; fax: +822 3463 3882.
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  • Bong Soo Cha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sung Kil Lim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Kyung Rae Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Hyun Chul Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Received 4 December 2006 ,Accepted 20 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.03.017

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 56, Issue 8 , Pages 1081-1086 , August 2007