Bariatric surgery in individuals with severe cognitive impairment: report of two cases
ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Bariatric surgery has become the gold-standard treatment for refractory morbid obesity. Obesity is frequently associated with certain syndromes that include coexisting cognitive deficits. However, the outcomes from bariatric surgery in this group of individuals remain incompletel...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
2017-04-01
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802017005006105&lng=en&tlng=en |