The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica) as a model for evaluating nutritional and metabolic consequences of bariatric surgery practiced on morbid obese humans
The prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically over the last 20 years. Moreover, morbid obese patients routinely suffer from serious medical problems, especially cardiovascular disease. Medical therapy for morbid obesity offers no substantial long-term benefit, and thus the first choice therap...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal
2009
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202009000200002 |
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