Caloric restriction in Alström syndrome prevents hyperinsulinemia
✍ Scribed by Ni-Chung Lee; Jan D. Marshall; Gayle B. Collin; Jürgen K. Naggert; Yin-Hsiu Chien; Wen-Yu Tsai; Wuh-Liang Hwu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 149A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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