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S Sasaki, Y Higashi, K Nakagawa, M Kimura, …, 2002 - nature.com * This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
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O Hamdy, S Ledbury, C Mullooly, C Jarema, S … - Diabetes Care, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We studied 24 obese subjects (9 men and 15 women,
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N Gokce, JA Vita, M McDonnell, AR Forse, N … - The American journal of cardiology, 2005 - Elsevier We prospectively examined brachial artery endothelial function using vascular
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