Portuguese observational cross-sectional clinical imaging study protocol to investigate central dopaminergic mechanisms of successful weight loss through bariatric surgery.
Marta Lapo PaisJoana CrisóstomoAntero AbrunhosaMiguel Castelo-BrancoPublished in: BMJ open (2024)
The project and informed consent received ethical approval from the Faculty of Medicine and the Coimbra University Hospital ethics committees. Results will be disseminated in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences.
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- weight loss
- cross sectional
- study protocol
- obese patients
- randomized controlled trial
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- high resolution
- public health
- quality improvement
- clinical trial
- medical students
- weight gain
- open label
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- medical education
- photodynamic therapy
- deep learning
- global health