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Nutrition and Multiple Organ Failure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Kent Lundholm ,
Anders Hyltander  and
Rolf Sandström
Kent Lundholm
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of Göteborg, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
Anders Hyltander
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of Göteborg, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
Rolf Sandström
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of Göteborg, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 97 - 113
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1992

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