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Obesity and the Kidney

Obesity in Asia

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  1. Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Mailstop PBB1-Rad Building, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Norman K. Hollenberg

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Hollenberg, N.K. Obesity and the Kidney. Curr Hypertens Rep 13, 11–13 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11906-010-0165-8

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