Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 428-434 , September 2003

Characteristics of morbidly obese patients before gastric bypass surgery

  • Martina de Zwaan

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to James E. Mitchell, M.D., Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, 700 1st Ave S, PO Box 1415, Fargo, ND 58107, USA
    • Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, ND, USA
    • University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA
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  • James E Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, ND, USA
    • University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA
    • ,
  • L.Michael Howell

      Affiliations

    • University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA
    • Department of Surgery, MeritCare Health Systems, Fargo, ND, USA
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  • Nancy Monson

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, ND, USA
    • University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA
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  • Lorraine Swan-Kremeier

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, ND, USA
    • University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA
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  • Ross D Crosby

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, ND, USA
    • University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA
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  • Harold C Seim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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☆ Supported by NIH RO1 MH/DK58820, RO1 MH 59100, RO1 DK 61911, the McKnight Foundation, and the Price Foundation.

PII: S0010-440X(03)00092-0

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00092-0

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 428-434 , September 2003

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