Bioinformatics analysis of functional protein sequences reveals a role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus
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- 6 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Medical Hypotheses
- Vol. 70 (2) , 424-429
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