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Leptin and adiponectin: Their role in diabetes

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  1. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, ST816, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Christos S. Mantzoros MD, DSc

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Brennan, A.M., Mantzoros, C.S. Leptin and adiponectin: Their role in diabetes. Curr Diab Rep 7, 1–2 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-007-0001-y

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