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. 2002;95(Suppl 42):23–32.

The roles of insulin and fatty acids in the regulation of hepatic very-low-density lipoprotein assembly.

G F Gibbons 1, A M Brown 1, D Wiggins 1, R Pease 1
PMCID: PMC1308941  PMID: 12216323

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