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Insulin Resistance Predicts Steatosis and Fibrosis in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

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  • Rocio Aller From the Center of Investigation of Endocrinology and Nutrition, School of Medicine, and Unit of Investigation, Hospital Rio Hortega, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daniel de Luis From the Center of Investigation of Endocrinology and Nutrition, School of Medicine, and Unit of Investigation, Hospital Rio Hortega, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Pacheco From the Center of Investigation of Endocrinology and Nutrition, School of Medicine, and Unit of Investigation, Hospital Rio Hortega, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maria Concepcion Velasco From the Center of Investigation of Endocrinology and Nutrition, School of Medicine, and Unit of Investigation, Hospital Rio Hortega, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Olatz Izaola From the Center of Investigation of Endocrinology and Nutrition, School of Medicine, and Unit of Investigation, Hospital Rio Hortega, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Manuel Gonzalez Sagrado From the Center of Investigation of Endocrinology and Nutrition, School of Medicine, and Unit of Investigation, Hospital Rio Hortega, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Received October 7, 2011, and in revised form March 26, 2012.
  2. Accepted for publication June 12, 2012.
  3. Reprints: Daniel de Luis, MD, Center of Investigation of Endocrinology and Nutrition, School of Medicine, Valladolid University, C/Los perales 16 Simancas 47130, Valladolid, Spain. E-mail: dadluis{at}yahoo.es.
  4. Author contributions: RA Aller performed clinical evaluation and wrote the article; DA de Luis performed clinical evaluation and wrote the article; D Pacheco performed clinical evaluation; O Izaola coded data in SPSS and performed clinical evaluation; MC Velasco performed liver biopsy; R Conde performed clinical evaluation.
  5. No funding has been received to perform this study.
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Aller R, de Luis D, Pacheco D, et al
Insulin Resistance Predicts Steatosis and Fibrosis in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Journal of Investigative Medicine 2012;60:1005-1008.

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  • First published December 15, 2015.
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December 15, 2015

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