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Is It Justified to Have a Lower BMI Cutoff for Metabolic Surgery for Asians with Type 2 Diabetes?

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) Hospital, 244 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, India

    Satinath Mukhopadhyay

  2. Department of Endocrinology, Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi, 110075, India

    Deep Dutta

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Mukhopadhyay, S., Dutta, D. Is It Justified to Have a Lower BMI Cutoff for Metabolic Surgery for Asians with Type 2 Diabetes?. OBES SURG 27, 1065–1066 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-2565-1

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