The effects of moderate doses of megestrol acetate on nutritional status and body composition in a hemodialysis patient

Journal of Renal Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-94

  Burrowes, Jerrilynn D ^a   Bluestone, Peter A ^a   Wang, Jack ^b   Pierson, Richard N ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84943010165     PISSN: 10512276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-2276(99)90006-7     Document Type: Article

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