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Bioimpacts. 2015;5(1): 3-8. doi: 10.15171/bi.2015.02
PMID: 25901291        PMCID: PMC4401166

Original Research

Metformin attenuates myocardial remodeling and neutrophil recruitment after myocardial infarction in rat

Hamid Soraya 1, Maryam Rameshrad 2, Aram Mokarizadeh 3, Alireza Garjani 2 *

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