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Insulin action and non-esterified fatty acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

E. Ferrannini
Affiliation:
CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via Savi 8, 56126 Pisa, Italy
S. Camastra
Affiliation:
CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via Savi 8, 56126 Pisa, Italy
S. W. Coppack
Affiliation:
Centre for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk, University College London Medical School, Whittington Hospital, London N19 3UA
D. Fliser
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Ruperto-Carola University, Heidelberg, Germany
A. Golay
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
A. Mitrakou
Affiliation:
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Propaedeutic, Athens University, Athens, Greece
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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