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A RAPID Method for Blood Processing to Increase the Yield of Plasma Peptide Levels in Human Blood
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Peptide YY and appetite control

B M C McGowan1, S R Bloom

  • 1Department of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, 6th Floor Commonwealth Building, Hammersmith Campus, DuCane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.

Current Opinion in Pharmacology
|November 5, 2004
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