Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 332-338 , July 2010

Diabetes remission and reduced cardiovascular risk after gastric bypass in Asian Indians with body mass index <35 kg/m2

  • Shashank S. Shah, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, India
    • ,
  • Jayashree S. Todkar, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, India
    • ,
  • Poonam S. Shah, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, India
    • ,
  • David E. Cummings, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence and Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: David E. Cummings, M.D., Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington School of Medicine, 815 Mercer Street, Room S284, Seattle, WA 98195

Received 12 June 2009 ,Revised 20 August 2009 ,Accepted 22 August 2009.

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 David Cummings is supported by NIH grants DK517498, DK68384, DK66568, and DK17047.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.08.009

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
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