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Multidisciplinary Approach to Obesity Management: A Case Report
Published on: May 30, 2025
Obesity in pediatric sleep medicine evaluations: insights from a real-world multicenter analysis
Jeremy Landeo-Gutierrez1, Mariana Bedoya2, Erin MacKintosh3
1Department of Pediatrics, Respiratory Medicine Division, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Health, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA. jlandeogutierrez@health.ucsd.edu.
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