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Changting Xiao1, Priska Stahel1, Cecilia Morgantini1

  • 1Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism
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clinical physiologydyslipidaemia

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