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Adipose tissueMedicineEndocrinologyInternal medicineObesityInsulin resistanceType 2 diabetesDiabetes mellitus
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- 2014
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- review
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- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 90-100
- Citations
- 508
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Fredrik Karpe,
Katherine E. Pinnick
(2014).
Biology of upper-body and lower-body adipose tissue—link to whole-body phenotypes.
Nature Reviews Endocrinology
, 11
(2)
, 90-100.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.185
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- 10.1038/nrendo.2014.185