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Utility of Bile Acid Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Remnant Gastropathy in Patients with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St., ASB II, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Allison R. Schulman & Christopher C. Thompson

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Allison R. Schulman & Christopher C. Thompson

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Schulman AR: study concept and design; acquisition of data; analysis and interpretation of data; drafting of the manuscript; statistical analysis.

Thompson CC: study concept and design; critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; study supervision.

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Correspondence to Christopher C. Thompson.

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All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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This project was also supported in part by Award Number T32DK007533 from the National Institute of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases awarded to Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases or the National Institutes of Health.

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A. Schulman has no personal or financial conflicts of interest to disclose. CC Thompson—Olympus (consultant/research support); Boston Scientific (consultant); Medtronic (consultant, royalty, stock); Apollo Endosurgery (consultant/research support); USGI Medical (consultant/research support).

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Schulman, A.R., Thompson, C.C. Utility of Bile Acid Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Remnant Gastropathy in Patients with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. OBES SURG 27, 2750–2753 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-2730-6

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