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Andre Tchernof1, S John Weisnagel2
1Quebec Heart and Lung Institute-Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; School of Nutrition, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU de Quebec Research Center-Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
|July 26, 2017
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