T2DM: Why Epigenetics?
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T2DM: Why Epigenetics?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2090-0724,2090-0732
DOI: 10.1155/2011/647514