Glutamine and the preservation of gut integrity

The Lancet

Volumn 341, Issue 8857, 1993, Pages 1363-1365

  van der Hulst, R R W J ^a   von Meyenfeldt, M F ^a   Deutz, N E P ^a   Soeters, P B ^a   Brummer, R J M ^a   von Kreel, B K ^a   Arends, J W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTULOSE; MALE; MANNITOL; MIDDLE AGE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PERMEABILITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027195869     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)90939-E     Document Type: Article

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