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Immune-modulatory actions of arginine in the critically ill

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

U. Suchner ,
D. K. Heyland  and
K. Peter
U. Suchner*
Affiliation:
Clinic of Anaesthesiology, Grosshadern University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian’s University, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
D. K. Heyland
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Queens University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
K. Peter
Affiliation:
Clinic of Anaesthesiology, Grosshadern University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian’s University, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
*
*Corresponding author: Dr med. U. Suchner, email [email protected]/. Current address: Fresenius-Kabi Deutschland GmbH, Else-Kroner-Str, 1, 61352 Bad Hanburg, Germany
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 87 , Issue S1 , January 2002 , pp. S121 - S132
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