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. 2002 Oct;87(4):354–356. doi: 10.1136/adc.87.4.354

Safety of the insulin tolerance test

P Galloway 1, E McNeill 1, W Paterson 1, M Donaldson 1
PMCID: PMC1763038  PMID: 12244020

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