John Morton
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Does gastric bypass alter alcohol metabolism?
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2007 Sep-Oct; (5): 543-8; discussion 548
Morbid obesity is the leading public health crisis in the United States, with bariatric surgery as the only effective and enduring treatment for this disease. a concern has been raised, that, postoperatively, alcohol metabolism might be altered in gastric bypass patients. We hypothesized that alcohol metabolism in the postoperative gastric bypass patient would be altered.
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