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Obesità e nuove terapie

Referenze e approfondimenti

Ministero della salute

Istituto Nazionale di ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione

World Health Organization. Nutrition. Controlling the global obesity epidemic

CVC

Le basi farmacologiche della terapia. Goodman & Gilman. McGrawHill

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Kathryn E. Wellen and Gokhan S. Hotamisligil. Inflammation, stress, and diabetes. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 2005; 115

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Naggart JK, Fricker LD, Varlomov O, etc: Hyperproinsulinemica in obese fat/fat mice associated with a carboxypeptidase E mutation which reduces enzyme activity.

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