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Bariatric surgery.
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Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Bariatric surgery may help improve outcomes in obese cirrhotic patients who have been denied evaluation for liver transplanta-tion primarily because of weight. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Obesity is associated with an increase in mor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0012-1797,1939-327X
DOI: 10.2337/dbi21-0022