Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 243-258 , April 2010

The anorectic and obese adolescent

  • Vincenzina Bruni (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Florence, Gynecology Perinatolgy Human Reproduction, vl Morgagni 85, Firenze, 50134, Italy. Tel.: +39 055 4223329; Fax: +39 055 7947148.
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  • Metella Dei, MD (Doctor)
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  • Elena Peruzzi, MD (Doctor)
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  • Viola Seravalli, MD (Doctor)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.09.007

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