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Published in: Obesity Surgery 6/2015

01-06-2015 | Letter to Editor/LED Reply

Response to “Does Bariatric Surgery Influence Diabetic Retinopathy”

Authors: N. Switzer, X. Shi, S. Karmali

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 6/2015

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Thank you for taking the time to thoroughly review our paper. We appreciate the peer-reviewed nature of research and think it is important that we ensure that our colleagues are publishing quality research. Unfortunately, your analysis of our paper, which went through the peer-reviewed process at the esteemed journal Obesity Surgery, is concerning to us and contains substantial flaws. …
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Metadata
Title
Response to “Does Bariatric Surgery Influence Diabetic Retinopathy”
Authors
N. Switzer
X. Shi
S. Karmali
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-015-1654-2

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