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. 1965 May 1;1(5443):1153–1156. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5443.1153

Effect of Obesity and of Starvation on Insulin Activity

N Samaan, J Brown, Russell Fraser, I Trayner
PMCID: PMC2166532  PMID: 14273518

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