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Enteral-feeding-related diarrhoea: proposed causes and possible solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Timothy E. Bowling
Timothy E. Bowling
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Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Central Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lane, London NW10 7NS
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The Sir David Cuthbertson Medal Lecture
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , July 1995 , pp. 579 - 590
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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