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The Role of Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Before Bariatric Surgery (Response to Letter)

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  1. Serviço de Gastrenterologia e Hepatologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisboa, Portugal

    Samuel R. Fernandes, Liliane C. Meireles, Luís Carrilho-Ribeiro & José Velosa

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Fernandes, S.R., Meireles, L.C., Carrilho-Ribeiro, L. et al. The Role of Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Before Bariatric Surgery (Response to Letter). OBES SURG 27, 479–480 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2460-1

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