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Visceral adiposity as a target for the management of the metabolic syndrome

Ken KishidaDepartment of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tohru FunahashiDepartment of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Yuji MatsuzawaSumitomo Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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Iichiro ShimomuraDepartment of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Pages 233-241 | Received 06 Dec 2010, Accepted 09 Feb 2011, Published online: 25 May 2011

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