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Primary experience of bariatric surgery in a newly established private obesity center

Haider Al-Shurafa, Ahmed H. Elzaafarany, Ali Albenmousa and Mona G. Balata
Saudi Medical Journal October 2016, 37 (10) 1089-1095; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.14043
Haider Al-Shurafa
From the Departments of Surgery (Al-Shurafa), Medicine (Albenmousa, Balata), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, General Surgery Department (Hassan), Riyadh National Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed H. Elzaafarany
From the Departments of Surgery (Al-Shurafa), Medicine (Albenmousa, Balata), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, General Surgery Department (Hassan), Riyadh National Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ali Albenmousa
From the Departments of Surgery (Al-Shurafa), Medicine (Albenmousa, Balata), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, General Surgery Department (Hassan), Riyadh National Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mona G. Balata
From the Departments of Surgery (Al-Shurafa), Medicine (Albenmousa, Balata), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, General Surgery Department (Hassan), Riyadh National Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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