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Focussed Section “Effect of Oral Antidiabetic Drugs on Micro- and Macrovascular Complications in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus – Update 2008”

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Marx, N. Focussed Section “Effect of Oral Antidiabetic Drugs on Micro- and Macrovascular Complications in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus – Update 2008”. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 22, 205–206 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10557-008-6102-2

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