TY - BOOK AU - Manal Moustafa Mahmoud AU - Ali Elashmaoui , AU - Mona Aziz , AU - Nahed Salah , TI - Assessment of cutaneous microcirculatory changes in a rat model of metabolic syndrome using laser doppler techniques / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Manal Moustafa Mahmoud , KW - Metabolic syndrome KW - Metformin fructose KW - Microcirculation N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Physiology; Issued also as CD N2 - The present study specifically addresses the relationship between microcirculation and metabolic syndrome, a cluster of metabolic and cardiovascular modifications highly prevalent in the general population. The aim of the study was to assess skin microcirculation in a rat model of metabolic syndrome (fructose induced insulin resistance) and detect the effect of metformin treatment on various parameters of metabolic syndrome and microcirculation impairment ER -