Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 873-879 , September 2010

Short-term specialized enteral diet fails to attenuate malnutrition impairment of experimental open wound acute healing

  • Claudia Cristina Alves, M.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Department, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Santos, Brazil
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  • Raquel Susana Torrinhas, M.B.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Surgery of the Digestive System (LIM 35) - Metanutri Team, Gastroenterology Department, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55-11-3062-0841; fax: +55-11-3061-7459.
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  • Ricardo Giorgi, M.B.

      Affiliations

    • Human Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Laboratory (LIM 25), Endocrinology Discipline, Internal Medicine Department, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Maria Mitzi Brentani, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Oncology Department (LIM 24), Radiology Department, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Angela Flavia Logullo, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Victor Arias, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Thaís Mauad, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Dan L. Waitzberg, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Surgery of the Digestive System (LIM 35) - Metanutri Team, Gastroenterology Department, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 2 February 2010 ,Accepted 3 May 2010.

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 This study was funded by a grant from the Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP project 05/54185-5).

PII: S0899-9007(10)00139-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.05.003

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 873-879 , September 2010

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