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  1. Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Michelangelolaan 2, 5623, EJ, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

    D.P.A. Versteegden & S.W. Nienhuijs

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

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Versteegden, D., Buise, M. & Nienhuijs, S. Shift Towards Older Bariatric Patients. OBES SURG 28, 555–556 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-3039-1

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