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Syndrome X
Syndrome X is a medical condition that affects a large number of people. It is a combination of high blood pressure, central obesity and difficulty losing weight, high cholesterol, and insulin resistance and/or type II diabetes.
Syndrome X shares many of the same symptoms as polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Syndrome X is not related to the fragile X syndrome, a chromosomal abnormality.
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