Effects of early malnutrition and nutritional rehabilitation in rats;Efeitos da desnutrição precoce e reabilitação nutricional em ratos

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-44

  Nunes, Magda Lahorgue ^a   Batista, Bianca Brum ^a   Micheli, Flávia ^a   Batistella, Vinicius ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Malnutrition; Nutrition rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142759324     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.671     Document Type: Article

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