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Clinical Focus: Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nephrology - Review

The kidney and type 2 diabetes mellitus: therapeutic implications of SGLT2 inhibitors

Pages 290-298 | Received 28 Oct 2015, Accepted 26 Jan 2016, Published online: 19 Feb 2016

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