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The insulin gene VNTR, type 2 diabetes and birth weight

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Ong, K., Phillips, D., Fall, C. et al. The insulin gene VNTR, type 2 diabetes and birth weight. Nat Genet 21, 262–263 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/6775

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