Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 348-350 , April 2001

Improvement in protein utilization in nursing-home patients on tube feeding supplemented with an enzyme product derived from Aspergillus niger and Bromelain

  • M.J Glade, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: M. J. Glade, PhD, P.O. Box 6377, Evanston, IL 60204-6377, USA
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  • D Kendra, RN

      Affiliations

    • Health and Home Management Skokie, Illinois, USA
    • ,
  • M.V Kaminski Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Finch University of Health Sciences Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA

,Accepted 2 February 2001.

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Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 348-350 , April 2001

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