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Effects of bariatric surgery on DNA methylation in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Khalil ElGendy1, Fiona C Malcomson2, D Michael Bradburn3

  • 1Human Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Surgery Department, Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
|November 12, 2019
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Bariatric surgeryDNA methylationInflammationObesity

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