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Helena Kim
Back to facultyAssistant ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatryUniversity of Toronto
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Mechanisms Underlying Metformin-Induced Secretion of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 from the Intestinal L Cell
Endocrinology · 2011
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Mechanisms Underlying Metformin-Induced Secretion of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 from the Intestinal L Cell
Andrew J. Mulherin, Amy Oh, Helena Kim, Anthony J. Grieco, Lina M. Lauffer, Patricia Lee Brubaker
Endocrinology2011158 citationsOpen Access
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