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01-03-2016 | Letter to Editor/LED Reply

Reply to the Letter to Editor Entitled “The %EBMIL/%EWL Double-Booby Trap. A Comment on Studies that Compare the Effect of Bariatric Surgery Between Heavier and Lighter Patients”

Authors: Ji Yeon Park, Yong Jin Kim

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 3/2016

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Reply to the letter to the editor, …
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Title
Reply to the Letter to Editor Entitled “The %EBMIL/%EWL Double-Booby Trap. A Comment on Studies that Compare the Effect of Bariatric Surgery Between Heavier and Lighter Patients”
Authors
Ji Yeon Park
Yong Jin Kim
Publication date
01-03-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-015-1970-6

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