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Research Article

Effect of High-Dose Growth Hormone and Glutamine on Body Composition, Urine Creatinine Excretion, Fatty Acid Absorption, and Essential Fatty Acids Status in Short Bowel Patients. A Randomized, Double-blind, Crossover, Placebo-controlled Study

Pages 48-54 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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