Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 44, Issue 7 , Pages 906-913 , July 1995

Development of insulin secretory function in young obese hyperglycemic mice (Umeå )

  • Anders Edvell

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Anders Edvell, MD, Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Per Lindström

Received 12 May 1994 ,Accepted 20 November 1994.

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☆ Supported by the Swedish Medical Research Council (12X-7124), Swedish Diabetes Association, Swedish Hoechst Diabetes Foundation, Sahlberg Foundation, and the Medical Faculty, Umeå University.

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