Immunonutrition

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1459-1460

  Kirk, H J ^a   Heys, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; RNA;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNONUTRITION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CROSS INFECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; META-ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0347411027     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4368     Document Type: Editorial

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