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KHK inhibition for the treatment of hereditary fructose intolerance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a double-edged sword

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  1. Franciele Cabral Pinheiro

    Present address: Medical Genetic Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 350, Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-903, Brazil

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  1. Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul RS, Brazil

    Franciele Cabral Pinheiro, Fernanda Sperb-Ludwig & Ida Vanessa Doederlein Schwartz

  2. BRAIN Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Franciele Cabral Pinheiro, Fernanda Sperb-Ludwig & Ida Vanessa Doederlein Schwartz

  3. Federal University of Pampa (Unipampa), Itaqui, RS, Brazil

    Franciele Cabral Pinheiro

  4. Genetics Department, Biosciences Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Ida Vanessa Doederlein Schwartz

  5. Medical Genetics Department, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Ida Vanessa Doederlein Schwartz

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Pinheiro, F.C., Sperb-Ludwig, F. & Schwartz, I.V.D. KHK inhibition for the treatment of hereditary fructose intolerance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a double-edged sword. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 77, 3465–3466 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-020-03575-y

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