Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 889-894 , September 2005

Use of oral nutritional supplements in patients with Huntington’s disease

  • Araceli Trejo, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía “MVS”, Mexico D.F., Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +011-5255-5606-4120, ext. 2052; fax: +011-5255-5424-0808.
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  • Marie-Catherine Boll, M.D., M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía “MVS”, Mexico D.F., Mexico
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  • Ma. Elisa Alonso, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurogenetics and Molecular Biology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía “MVS”, Mexico D.F., Mexico
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  • Adriana Ochoa, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurogenetics and Molecular Biology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía “MVS”, Mexico D.F., Mexico
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  • Leora Velásquez, M.D., M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroepidemiology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía “MVS”, Mexico D.F., Mexico

Received 11 May 2004 ,Accepted 1 December 2004.

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 This study was supported by Fresenius Kabi, Mexico.

PII: S0899-9007(05)00158-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.12.012

Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 889-894 , September 2005

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