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Y Naraoka1, T Yamaguchi2, A Hu2

  • 1Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Hospital Administration, Tokyo, Japan.

Acta Endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005)
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acetic acidadiponectinbutyric acidleptinpropionic acid

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