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01-03-2021 | Letter to the Editor

Biliopancreatic Limb Lengths Affects Weight Loss in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Are We Close to the Truth?

Authors: Ashish Dey, Tarun Mittal, Anmol Ahuja, Vinod K. Malik, Parmeshwar Bambrule

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 3/2021

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Title: Biliopancreatic Limb Lengths Affects Weight Loss in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Are We Close to the Truth?
Authors: Ashish Dey
Tarun Mittal
Anmol Ahuja
Vinod K. Malik
Parmeshwar Bambrule
Publication date: 01-03-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-05033-x

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