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- NIDDM:
-
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
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Phillips, D.I.W. Insulin resistance as a programmed response to fetal undernutrition. Diabetologia 39, 1119–1122 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00400663
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