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My daughter is 36, retarded and morbidly obese and has been her whole life and i'm sure that 90% of this is not due to diet. how can an endo help her?

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Dr. Shalini Sethi answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Endocrinologist : Endocrinologist are specialist who take care of your organs which make hormones, needed for normal growth . Definitely they would help in your case.

Answered 4/26/2015

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