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Research Article

Hyperuricemia is Associated with the Presence of Metabolically Obese Normal-Weight and Metabolically Healthy Obese Phenotypes

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Pages 124-129 | Received 10 Dec 2021, Accepted 26 Jul 2022, Published online: 02 Aug 2022

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