Nature versus nurture: Identical twins and bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 728-731

  Hagedorn, Judith C ^a   Morton, John M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric banding; Gastric bypass; Genetic factors; Morbid obesity; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HOMOCYSTEINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; GENETICS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OCCUPATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34347213031     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9134-y     Document Type: Article

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