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Juan de Toro-Martín1, Frédéric Guénard1, Iwona Rudkowska2

  • 1Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada; School of Nutrition, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada.

Journal of Clinical Lipidology
|December 17, 2017
PubMed
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ARHGEF10Fatty acid desaturasesGenome-wide association studyPolyunsaturated fatty acidsTriglycerides

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