Arginine and immunonutrition: A reevaluation

Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-74

  Efron, David T ^a   Barbul, Adrian ^a  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0033979809     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(99)00222-1     Document Type: Editorial

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