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Protein supplementation: the double-edged sword

Vishw Patela Department of Medicine, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Government Medical College, Rajkot, India
, MBBS,
Kanishk Aggarwalb Department of Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
, MBBS,
Ashish Dhawanc Department of Medicine, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Punjab, India
, MBBS,
Bhupinder Singhd Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Amritsar, India
, MBBS,
Priyanshi Shahe Department of Medicine, Narendra Modi Medical College, Ahmedabad, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Aanchal Sawhneyf Department of Internal Medicine, Crozer Chester Medical Center, Upland, Pennsylvania, USA
, MD &
Rohit Jaing Department of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-2351
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Pages 118-126 | Received 09 Aug 2023, Accepted 30 Oct 2023, Published online: 28 Nov 2023

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