The Clinical and Metabolic Effects of Intragastric Balloon on Morbid Obesity and Its Related Comorbidities

Joon Hyun Cho1, Mohammad Bilal2, Min Cheol Kim1

  • 1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

Clinical Endoscopy
|March 8, 2021
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