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Similar Helicobacter pylori Eradication Rate in Obese Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery and in General Population

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Pellicano, R. Similar Helicobacter pylori Eradication Rate in Obese Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery and in General Population. OBES SURG 28, 553–554 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-3038-2

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