Enteroendocrine Changes Facilitating Weight Loss Following Gastric Bypass
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Enteroendocrine Changes Facilitating Weight Loss Following Gastric Bypass
Obesity is a chronic, progressive and debilitating disease which affects psychological, biological and socials aspects of an individual’s life. As obesity is now globally accepted as an epidemic, increasing number of surgical operations are being performed due to the high rates of failure of the available conventional therapy options. The number of operations performed for the treatment of morb...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Open Access
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2373-6372
DOI: 10.15406/ghoa.2017.07.00247