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Research Article

Vitamin A Deficiency Impairs Colonic Healing but Not Adhesion Formation in Germ-Free and Conventional Rats

Masaki Okada Department of Medical Microbial Ecology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Class Bothin Department of Medical Microbial Ecology and Department of Surgery, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Rune Blomhoff Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Kyotaro Kanazawa Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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Tore Midtvedt Department of Medical Microbial Ecology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 319-325 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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