Surgery or medical therapy for obese patients with type 2 diabetes?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1635-1636

  Zimmet, Paul ^a   Alberti, K George M M ^b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS;

EID: 84860213446     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1202443     Document Type: Editorial

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