Origins of and recognition of micronutrient deficiencies after gastric bypass surgery

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Bal, Bikram S ^b   Finelli, Frederick C ^b   Koch, Timothy R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bariatric surgery; Copper; Gastric bypass surgery; Iron; Micronutrient; Obesity; Thiamine; Vitamin A; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

COPPER DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

DISEASE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS;

EID: 79955837879     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-010-0169-4     Document Type: Review

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