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Gwendolyn W Louis1, Martin G Myers

  • 1Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 5560 MSRB II/0678, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

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