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Séverine Stragier1, Stéphane Baudry2, Jacques Poortmans3

  • 1Laboratory of Applied Biology and Neurophysiology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 808 Route de Lennik, 1070 Brussels, Belgium; Laboratory for Biometry and Exercise Nutrition, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 808 Route de Lennik, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.

Experimental Gerontology
|June 12, 2016
PubMed
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