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James N Luo1, Ali Tavakkoli2

  • 1Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 20 Shattuck Street, Thorn 1503, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/JamesNLuo.

The Surgical Clinics of North America
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Keywords:
Bariatric physiologyBariatric surgeryDiabetesInsulin resistanceMetabolismMicrobiome

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