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W Schoner1

  • 1Institut für Biochemie und Endokrinologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen. wilhelm.schoner@vetmed.uni-giessen.de

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes : Official Journal, German Society of Endocrinology [And] German Diabetes Association
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