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. 2011 Jul;21(7):948-9; author reply 950.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-011-0439-5.

Low vitamin D in candidates for bariatric surgery: are the Americans better off than the French?

Bart Van der Schueren, Nicole Green, Prakash Gorroochurn, Julio Teixeira, Sinan Altiner, Blandine Laferrère
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Low vitamin D in candidates for bariatric surgery: are the Americans better off than the French?

Bart Van der Schueren et al. Obes Surg. 2011 Jul.
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