CONTEMPORARY ENDOCRINOLOGY ™
Insulin Resistance The Metabolic Syndrome X Edited by
Gerald M. Reaven, MD Ami Laws, MD
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GERALD M. REAVEN Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc., South San Francisco, CA and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
AMI LAWS Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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