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An Effective Way to Treat Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Complicated Post-Distal Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

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  1. Yuanyuan Sun and Xuehui Chu contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China

    Yuanyuan Sun, Yuze Shi & Xitai Sun

  2. Medical School of Southeast University Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China

    Yuanyuan Sun, Yuze Shi & Xitai Sun

  3. Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China

    Xuehui Chu, Xiaodong Shan & Xitai Sun

  4. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Southeast University Medical School, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu Province, China

    Xitai Sun

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Sun, Y., Chu, X., Shan, X. et al. An Effective Way to Treat Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Complicated Post-Distal Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. OBES SURG 30, 3239–3241 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04557-6

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