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Lee M Kaplan has declared associations with the following companies: GI Dynamics (grant/research support), Johnson & Johnson (consultant) and Merck Research Laboratories (grant/research support).
Nadia N Ahmad declared no competing interests.
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Kaplan, L., Ahmad, N. The cutting edge in diabetes treatment—is weight-loss surgery an effective therapeutic strategy?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 4, 438–439 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0893
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