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Busetto, L., Sbraccia, P., Santini, F. (2017). Current Indications to Bariatric Surgery in Adult, Adolescent, and Elderly Obese Patients. In: Angrisani, L. (eds) Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-3944-5_2
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