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Pharmacotherapy of type 2 diabetes in patients with chronic liver disease: focus on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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Pages 1903-1914 | Received 12 Jun 2018, Accepted 28 Sep 2018, Published online: 09 Oct 2018

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