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Bariatric Surgery in Liver Transplant Patients: Weighing the Evidence

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Campus Box C-318, E16th, 7th Floor, P.O. Box 6510, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    M. Susan Mandell, Michael Zimmerman, Jeffrey Campsen & Igal Kam

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Mandell, M.S., Zimmerman, M., Campsen, J. et al. Bariatric Surgery in Liver Transplant Patients: Weighing the Evidence. OBES SURG 18, 1515–1516 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-008-9712-7

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