A medium chain triglyceride-based diet in patients with HIV and chronic diarrhea reduces diarrhea and malabsorption: A prospective, controlled trial

Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 766-771

  Wanke, Christine A ^a,b   Pleskow, Douglas ^a,b   Degirolami, Paola C ^a,b   Lambl, Barbara B ^a,b,d   Merkel, Kimberly ^c,e   Akrabawi, Salim ^c,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Mead Johnson Nutrition   (United States)

^d East Boston Health Clinic   (United States)

^e Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic diarrhea; human immunodeficiency virus; malabsorption; medium chain triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; LONG CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MICROSPORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 0030294879     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(96)00221-3     Document Type: Article

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