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Comment
. 2023;148(6):545-546.
doi: 10.1159/000533995. Epub 2023 Sep 6.

More on the Magic of Metformin

Efstratios Koutroumpakis  1 , Claire Huang-Lucas  2 , Heinrich Taegtmeyer  2
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More on the Magic of Metformin

Efstratios Koutroumpakis et al. Cardiology. 2023.
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