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Kwashiorkor following aggressive surgery for massive obesity

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  1. Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, 5042, Bedford Park, South Australia

    John C. Hall FRACS & J. McK Watts FRACS

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Hall, J.C., Watts, J.M. Kwashiorkor following aggressive surgery for massive obesity. Digest Dis Sci 28, 375–377 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324958

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