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Decrease in insulin resistance has a key role in improvement of metabolic profile during intragastric balloon treatment

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases “Mladen Sekso”, University Hospital Center “Sestre milosrdnice”, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Vinogradska cesta 29, Zagreb, Croatia

    Gorana Mirošević, Ivan Kruljac & Milan Vrkljan

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia

    Marko Nikolić, Neven Ljubičić, Vladimir Supanc & Ivan Budimir

  3. Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Center “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia

    Miroslav Bekavac-Bešlin

  4. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia

    Milan Milošević

  5. Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center “Zagreb”, Zagreb, Croatia

    Borka Pezo Nikolić

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Mirošević, G., Nikolić, M., Kruljac, I. et al. Decrease in insulin resistance has a key role in improvement of metabolic profile during intragastric balloon treatment. Endocrine 45, 331–334 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-013-0069-x

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Keywords

  • Growth Hormone
  • Metabolic Profile
  • Ghrelin Level
  • Growth Hormone Level
  • Adipose Tissue Mass