Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 347-355 , July 2010

Baseline data from American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery-designated Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence using the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database

  • Eric J. DeMaria, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Research Advisory Committee, Surgical Review Corporation, and Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Virginia Pate, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Review Corporation, Raleigh, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Michael Warthen, M.Div.

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Review Corporation, Raleigh, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Deborah A. Winegar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Review Corporation, Raleigh, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Deborah Winegar, Ph.D., Surgical Review Corporation, 4800 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite 160, Raleigh, NC 27609

Received 30 May 2009 ,Revised 22 October 2009 ,Accepted 30 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.11.015

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 347-355 , July 2010

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