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Bariatric surgery results in substantial and sustained weight loss in morbidly obese patients.
Bariatric surgery can be an effective intervention for achieving significant weight loss in morbidly obese individuals.
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Bariatric surgery results in substantial and sustained weight loss in morbidly obese patients.
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Bariatric surgery and diabetes remission: how far have we progressed?
Awadhesh Kumar Singh et al. · Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2015
DOI 10.1586/17446651.2015.1073586
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