Endoscopic and laparoscopic treatment of obesity

Acta Endocrinology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-459

  Iordache, Nicolae ^a,b   Iorgulescu, Alina ^b   Coculescu, A ^a   Iordache, M ^b   Stoica, A ^b  

^a Sf Ioan Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endogastric balloon; Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB); Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33845961306     PISSN: 1221356X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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