Response to the letter to the editor "Bariatric surgery and the assessment of copper and zinc nutriture" by Leslie M. Klevay

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 674-675

  Ernst, Barbara ^a   Thurnheer, Martin ^a   Schmid, Sebastion M ^b   Schultes, Bernd ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPPER; FERRITIN; IRON; ZINC;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STOMACH BYPASS; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77953292945     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-010-0090-6     Document Type: Letter

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