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Liver Fat Increased in Type 2 Diabetes
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Title Liver Fat Increased in Type 2 Diabetes
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569288?src=rss
Description Patients with type 2 diabetes have substantially more fat in their livers than nondiabetics of the same weight, investigators in Finland report. However, liver enzyme levels underestimate liver fat content in diabetics. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Date Jan 29, 2008
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