Beneficial effects of metformin on energy metabolism and visceral fat volume through a possible mechanism of fatty acid oxidation in human subjects and rats

• Ichiro Tokubuchi,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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• Yuji Tajiri ,

  * E-mail: tajiriy@med.kurume-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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• Shimpei Iwata,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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• Kento Hara,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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• Nobuhiko Wada,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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• Toshihiko Hashinaga,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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• Hitomi Nakayama,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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• Hiroharu Mifune,

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Experimentation, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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• Kentaro Yamada

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

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