Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 7 , Pages 2228-2232.e1 , June 2010

Endoscopic Options for the Treatment of Obesity

  • Mostafa Ibrahim
    • ,
  • Daniel Blero
    • ,
  • Jacques Deviere

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Jacques Devière, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme University Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium

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 Conflicts of interest Jacques Deviere has research support and consulting fees from Satiety Inc, Palo Alto, CA. The remaining authors disclose no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00601-3

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.04.030

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 7 , Pages 2228-2232.e1 , June 2010

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