Enteral feeding

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-189

  DeLegge, Mark H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Enteral nutrition; Glutamine; Immune enhancing; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Synbiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUTAMINE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

BODY MASS; BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

BURNS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC DISEASES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40049111848     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3282f4dbab     Document Type: Review

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