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Does Bariatric Surgery Influence Diabetic Retinopathy?

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Antonio E. Pontiroli

  2. Istituto Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy

    Valerio Ceriani

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Pontiroli holds a MD, Università degli Studi di Milano.

Ceriani holds a MD, Sesto San Giovanni.

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Pontiroli, A.E., Ceriani, V. Does Bariatric Surgery Influence Diabetic Retinopathy?. OBES SURG 25, 1066–1067 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-015-1653-3

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