Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages S18-S28 , November 2009

Chromium in Parenteral Nutrition: Too Little or Too Much?

  • Adib Moukarzel

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Adib Moukarzel, MD, Hotel Dieu De France Hospital, PO Box 16-6830, Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon. fax: (961) 615321

Received 1 June 2009 ,Accepted 7 August 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The author discloses no conflicts.

 Funding Supported in part by Saint Joseph University Research Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.08.048

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages S18-S28 , November 2009

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