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María D Ballesteros Pomar1, Nuria Vilarrasa García2, Miguel Ángel Rubio Herrera3

  • 1Endocrinología y Nutrición, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, España.

Endocrinologia, Diabetes Y Nutricion
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