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Practice Guideline
. 2017 Mar;108(3):195-197.
doi: 10.5935/abc.20170039.

Positioning about the Flexibility of Fasting for Lipid Profiling

[Article in Portuguese, English]
Marileia Scartezini  1 , Carlos Eduardo Dos Santos Ferreira  2 , Maria Cristina Oliveira Izar  3 , Marcello Bertoluci  4 , Sergio Vencio  5 , Gustavo Aguiar Campana  2 , Nairo Massakazu Sumita  2 , Luiz Fernando Barcelos  1 , André A Faludi  3 , Raul D Santos  3 , Marcus Vinícius Bolívar Malachias  3 , Jerolino Lopes Aquino  1 , César Alex de Oliveira Galoro  2 , Cleide Sabino  4 , Maria Helane Costa Gurgel  4 , Luiz Alberto Andreotti Turatti  5 , Alexandre Hohl  4 , Tania Leme da Rocha Martinez  3
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Practice Guideline

Positioning about the Flexibility of Fasting for Lipid Profiling

[Article in Portuguese, English]
Marileia Scartezini et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2017 Mar.
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