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Comment
. 2019 Aug;24(4):145-146.
doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111128. Epub 2019 Jan 30.

Lorcaserin in obesity: minimal benefits and ill-defined harms

Igho J Onakpoya  1 , Jeffrey K Aronson  2
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Lorcaserin in obesity: minimal benefits and ill-defined harms

Igho J Onakpoya et al. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2019 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical trials.

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Competing interests: IJO and JKA are coauthors of a previously published systematic review and meta-analysis that assessed the benefits and harms of centrally acting antiobesity medicines. IJO holds grant funding from the NIHR School of Primary Care Research (NIHR Evidence Synthesis working group Project No 390).

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