What's in a name? Mr. Dickens' "Pickwickian" fat boy syndrome

G A Bray¹

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G A Bray. Obes Res. 1994 Jul.

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. 1994 Jul;2(4):380-3.

doi: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1994.tb00079.x.

G A Bray¹

¹ Department of Medicine, LSU School of Medicine and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road. Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.

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