Addressing Disparities and Underutilization of Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Surgery, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, California.

Published: March 2024

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