Serum cystatin C and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus
โ Scribed by K. Sahakyan; K. E. Lee; A. Shankar; R. Klein
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-186X
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