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Christian Funck-Brentano¹, Joël Ménard²

¹AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Pharmacology and CIC-1421, 75013 Paris, France; Inserm, CIC-1421 and UMR ICAN 1166, 75013 Paris, France; Sorbonne universités, UPMC University Paris 06, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and UMR ICAN 1166, 75013 Paris, France; Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), France.

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