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The effect of fish-oil on the remission of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in newly diagnosed patients

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  • T. Tariq,
  • C. Close,
  • R. Dodds,
  • G. C. Viberti1,
  • T. Lee &
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Tariq, T., Close, C., Dodds, R. et al. The effect of fish-oil on the remission of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in newly diagnosed patients. Diabetologia 32, 765 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00274540

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  • Public Health
  • Internal Medicine
  • Human Physiology
  • Metabolic Disease

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