Intragastric balloon in the treatment of super-morbid obesity. Double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover evaluation of 500-milliliter balloon

Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 362-369

  Mathus Vliegen, E M H ^a   Tytgat, G N J ^a   Veldhuyzen Offermans, E A M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET, REDUCING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0025352769     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(90)91017-Z     Document Type: Article

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