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Intragastric Balloon for Management of Severe Obesity: Letter to the Editor

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  1. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, University Campus, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Georgia Tsaousi, Vasilios Grosomanidis & Katerina Kotzampassi

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Tsaousi, G., Grosomanidis, V. & Kotzampassi, K. Intragastric Balloon for Management of Severe Obesity: Letter to the Editor. OBES SURG 27, 476–477 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2458-8

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