Correction: Long-Term Low Carbohydrate Diet Leads to Deleterious Metabolic Manifestations in Diabetic Mice.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC4868301 | biostudies-other | 2016
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Correction: Long-Term Low Carbohydrate Diet Leads to Deleterious Metabolic Manifestations in Diabetic Mice.
Handa Keiko K Inukai Kouichi K Onuma Hirohisa H Kudo Akihiko A Nakagawa Fumiyuki F Tsugawa Kazue K Kitahara Atsuko A Moriya Rie R Takahashi Kazuto K Sumitani Yoshikazu Y Hosaka Toshio T Kawakami Hayato H Oyadomari Seiichi S Ishida Hitoshi H
PloS one 20160516 5
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104948.]. ...[more]
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