Serum β-Endorphin Levels in Morbidly Obese Patients: The Effect of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
Serum β-Endorphin Levels in Morbidly Obese Patients: The Effect of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
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Basel, Switzerland: Karger
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English
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Basel, Switzerland: Karger
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The associations between serum β-endorphin levels and clinical and metabolic variables as well as β-endorphin changes after surgically induced weight loss were investigated in 43 morbidly obese patients. A significant positive correlation between β-endorphin and body weight, degree of body weight increase and ACTH was found preoperatively. Only bod...
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Serum β-Endorphin Levels in Morbidly Obese Patients: The Effect of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70109994
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70109994
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0014-312X
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1421-9921
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10.1159/000008606
