Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1869-1876 , October 2009

Morbidity in obese adolescents who meet the adult National Institutes of Health criteria for bariatric surgery

  • Evan P. Nadler

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 263 7391; fax: +1 212 263 6590.
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  • Laurie M. Brotman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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  • Thomas Miyoshi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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  • George E. Fryer Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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  • Michael Weitzman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA

Received 12 November 2008 ,Revised 24 December 2008 ,Accepted 26 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.12.033

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1869-1876 , October 2009

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