Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 705-712 , July 2006

Controlled study of enteral arginine supplementation in burned children: impact on immunologic and metabolic status

  • Veronica B. Marin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +56-2-758-8574; fax: +56-2-630-0474.
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  • Lorena Rodriguez-Osiac, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Liana Schlessinger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Jorge Villegas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Luis Calvo Mackenna Childrens Hospital, Santiago, Chile
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  • Marcelo Lopez, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Carlos Castillo-Duran, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Received 21 December 2005 ,Accepted 24 March 2006.

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 This study was funded in part by grant 1990081 from FONDECYT.

PII: S0899-9007(06)00165-1

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2006.03.009

Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 705-712 , July 2006

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