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Physiology of renal glucose handling via SGLT1, SGLT2 and GLUT2

Chiara Ghezzi, Donald D. F. Loo, Ernest M. Wright

Diabetologia · 2018 · Review

doi:10.1007/s00125-018-4656-5 (opens in a new tab)

Abstract

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