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Comment
. 2010 Dec;2(12):897-9.
doi: 10.18632/aging.100264.

Metformin and sex: Why suppression of aging may be harmful to young male mice

Mikhail V Blagosklonny  1
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Metformin and sex: Why suppression of aging may be harmful to young male mice

Mikhail V Blagosklonny. Aging (Albany NY). 2010 Dec.
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