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Abbreviations
- CHD:
-
Coronary heart disease
- NIDDM:
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noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus
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Fontbonne, A. Why can high insulin levels indicate a risk for coronary heart disease?. Diabetologia 37, 953–955 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00400954
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