Complexities and complications of extreme obesity
Haval Ali; Udit Naik; Michelle McDonald; Mohammad Almosa; Karen Horn; Alexis Staines; Louis Maximilian Buja
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Submitted date:
07/29/2022
Accepted date:
09/15/2022
Publication date:
10/05/2022