Patients with clinically metabolically healthy obesity are not necessarily healthy subclinically: further support for bariatric surgery in patients without metabolic disease?

• Main Authors: Haskins, Ivy N., Chang, Julietta, Nor Hanipah, Zubaidah, Singh, Tavankit, Mehta, Neal, McCullough, Arthur J., Brethauer, Stacy A., Schauer, Philip R., Aminian, Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75212/1/Patients%20with%20clinically%20metabolically%20healthy%20obesity%20are%20not%20necessarily%20healthy%20subclinically.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75212/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S155072891731081X?via%3Dihub; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2017.11.032
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

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