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Are insulin resistance and atherosclerosis the consequences of oxidative stress?

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  1. Second Department of Medicine, University Medical School of Pécs, Pacsirta u. 1., 7624, Pécs, Hungary

    I. Wittmann

  2. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Chair of Internal Medicine, University of Udine, P. le S. Maria della Misericordia, I-33100, Udine, Italy

    A. Ceriello

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Wittmann, I., Ceriello, A. Are insulin resistance and atherosclerosis the consequences of oxidative stress?. Diabetologia 39, 1002–1003 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403924

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