A perspective on metabolic surgery from a gastroenterologist

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are important public health problems. The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus is 8.8%. Interventional diabetology and obesitology have been recently advocated as treatment options for T2D and obesity. The roles of metabolic surgery such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypas...

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Main Authors: Yu-Fong Syu, Akio Inui, Chih-Yen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861317300014