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<journal-id>2444-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía y cirujanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-054X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ciru.22000206</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Two pandemics to fight: metabolic surgery and its effects on COVID-19 and obesity]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Dos pandemias a combatir: cirugía metabólica y sus efectos sobre la COVID-19 y obesidad]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cervantes-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cervantes-Guevara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabino]]></given-names>
</name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Ojeda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fuentes-Orozco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Clotilde]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez-Ochoa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sol]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cervantes-Cardona]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillermo A.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres-Mendoza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Blanca M.]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cervantes-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabino]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Civil de Guadalajara "Fray Antonio Alcalde" Department of Internal Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Health Sciences University Center ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Centro Universitario del Norte Department of Welfare and Sustainable Development]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Colotlán ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Civil de Guadalajara "Fray Antonio Alcalde" Department of Gastroenterology ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Mexican Institute of Social Security Western National Medical Center Specialties Hospital]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara ]]></addr-line>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Methodological and Instrumental Disciplines]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af7">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Division of Basic Health Disciplines]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>91</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>437</fpage>
<lpage>438</lpage>
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