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  1. Franz-Volhard Klinik, Charité and Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Germany

    A. M. Sharma

  2. Quebec Heart Institute, Laval Hospital Research Center and Departments of Medicine and of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada

    J.-P. Després

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Sharma, A.M., Després, JP. Obesity: the dire consequences of a genetic program for survival?. J Mol Med 79, 6–7 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001090000166

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