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Comparing Apples to Apples. Is it Fair to Compare Suboptimal Doses of Medications to Surgery?

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  1. Endocrinology Division, Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González” and Medical School, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Ave. Madero y Gonzalitos S/N Servicio de Endocrinología, Colonia Mitras Centro, C.P. 64460, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico

    Claudia A. Velez-Viveros, José G. González-González & Leonardo G. Mancillas-Adame

  2. Obesity Clinic, Endocrinology and Metabolism Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Colonia Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, C.P. 14050, Mexico City, Mexico

    Marcela Rodríguez-Flores

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Velez-Viveros, C.A., González-González, J.G., Rodríguez-Flores, M. et al. Comparing Apples to Apples. Is it Fair to Compare Suboptimal Doses of Medications to Surgery?. OBES SURG 28, 850–851 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-3082-y

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