Surgical Treatment of Obesity: Who Is an Appropriate Candidate?
- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
- Vol. 72 (6) , 551-558
- https://doi.org/10.4065/72.6.551
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