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Published in: Obesity Surgery 9/2013

01-09-2013

The Authors Respond: A Multisite Study of Long-Term Remission and Relapse of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Following Gastric Bypass

Authors: David E. Arterburn, Guilherme M. Campos, Sebastien Haneuse, Nancy E. Sherwood, Andy Bogart, Stephen Sidney, Karen J. Coleman, Mary Kay Theis, Patrick O’Connor, David Fisher

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 9/2013

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We thank Drs. Hussain and El-Hasani for their thoughtful comments and critique of our manuscript. We appreciate their endorsement of our finding that patients with surrogate markers for more severe type 2 diabetes and worse beta cell function, i.e., those with longer duration of disease, insulin use, and poor preoperative glycemic control, are least likely to experience remission and are at higher risk for relapse of their diabetes after gastric bypass surgery [1]. …
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Title
The Authors Respond: A Multisite Study of Long-Term Remission and Relapse of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Following Gastric Bypass
Authors
David E. Arterburn
Guilherme M. Campos
Sebastien Haneuse
Nancy E. Sherwood
Andy Bogart
Stephen Sidney
Karen J. Coleman
Mary Kay Theis
Patrick O’Connor
David Fisher
Publication date
01-09-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 9/2013
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-013-0960-9

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