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Footnotes Manuscript source: Invited manuscript Specialty type: Gastroenterology and hepatology Country of origin: Argentina Peer-review report classification Grade A (Excellent): 0 Grade B (Very good): B, B Grade C (Good): C, C Grade D (Fair): 0 Grade E (Poor): 0 Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the authors
Gopal Grandhige, MD, a board-certified general surgeon specializing in aesthetic surgery, evaluates every patient individually before recommending peptide therapy
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