Type II Diabetes, Essential Hypertension, and Obesity as "Syndromes of Impaired Genetic Homeostasis": The "Thrifty Genotype" Hypothesis Enters the 21st Century

@article{Neel1998TypeID,
  title={Type II Diabetes, Essential Hypertension, and Obesity as "Syndromes of Impaired Genetic Homeostasis": The "Thrifty Genotype" Hypothesis Enters the 21st Century},
  author={J. Neel and James V. Alan B. Stevo Weder and James V. Alan B. Stevo Julius},
  journal={Perspectives in Biology and Medicine},
  year={1998},
  volume={42},
  pages={44 - 74}
}
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