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Arterial Compliance in Obesity- A Valuable Tool or Opening Up a Pandora’s Box?

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  1. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Regency Hospital Limited, Kanpur, India

    Anurag Bajpai

  2. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, India

    Anurag Bajpai

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Bajpai, A. Arterial Compliance in Obesity- A Valuable Tool or Opening Up a Pandora’s Box?. Indian J Pediatr 83, 489–490 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2118-y

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