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Novel Substrates to Maintain Gut Integrity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Keith R. Gardiner ,
Stephen J. Kirk  and
Brian J. Rowlands
Keith R. Gardiner
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The Queen's University of Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, Northern Ireland, UK
Stephen J. Kirk
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The Queen's University of Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, Northern Ireland, UK
Brian J. Rowlands
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The Queen's University of Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, Northern Ireland, UK
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 43 - 66
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