Platelet dysfunction in central obesity

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases - Tập 19 Số 6 - Trang 440-449 - 2009
Giovanni Anfossi1, Isabella Russo2, Mariella Trovati2
1Diabetes Unit, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences of the Turin University, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano I-10043, Turin, Italy.
2Diabetes Unit, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences of the Turin University, San Luigi Gonzaga Faculty of Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, I-10043 Orbassano, Turin, Italy

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