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The impact of oral glutamine supplementation on the intestinal permeability and incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis/septicemia in premature neonates

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Pages 1294-1300 | Received 17 Jun 2010, Accepted 13 Feb 2011, Published online: 04 Apr 2011

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