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Liqing Yu1

  • 1Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Journal of Lipid Research
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PubMed

Keywords:
DDHD-domain containing 2adipose triglyceride lipasebrainhereditary spastic paraplegiahormone sensitive lipaseintracellular phospholipaselipid dropletneuron

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