Determination of the relationship between gastric wall thickness and body mass index with endoscopic ultrasound

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-304

  Larsen, Michael C ^a,c   Yan, Brian M ^b   Morton, John ^b   Van Dam, Jacques ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Endoscopic ultrasound; Endoscopy; Gastric wall thickness; Obesity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH WALL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955779031     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-9839-1     Document Type: Article

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