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- 10
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- 2
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- 119-124
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Charles Onyekwere,
Anthonia Ogbera,
Babajide Balogun
(2011).
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the metabolic syndrome in an urban hospital serving an African community.
Annals of Hepatology
, 10
(2)
, 119-124.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31559-5
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- 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31559-5