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

    Antonio E. Pontiroli & Franco Folli

  2. Istituto Multimedica, Milan, Italy

    Valerio Ceriani

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Pontiroli, A.E., Ceriani, V. & Folli, F. Patients’ Expectations are Important for Success in Bariatric Surgery. OBES SURG 27, 2469–2470 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-2788-1

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