The Bariatric Surgery Patient: Lost to Follow-Up; from Morbid Obesity to Severe Malnutrition
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Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Practice
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1530-891X
DOI: 10.4158/ep11200.cr