Vitamin deficiency after gastric bypass surgery: A review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1025-1031

  Matrana, Marc R ^a   Davis, William E ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass surgery; Nutritional supplementation complications; Vitamin deficiency

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CITRATE CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; MINERAL; RETINOL; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; BERIBERI; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE REPORT; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; STOMACH BYPASS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AVITAMINOSIS; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; VITAMINS;

EID: 70349814409     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181b62614     Document Type: Review

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