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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2005; 11(39): 6197-6201
Published online Oct 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i39.6197
Glutamine-supplemented total parenteral nutrition attenuates plasma interleukin-6 in surgical patients with lower disease severity
Ming-Tsan Lin, Sung-Pao Kung, Sung-Ling Yeh, Koung-Yi Liaw, Ming-Yang Wang, Ming-Liang Kuo, Po-Houng Lee, Wei-Jao Chen
Ming-Tsan Lin, Department of Surgery and Primary Care Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Sung-Pao Kung, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Sung-Ling Yeh, Institute of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Koung-Yi Liaw, Ming-Yang Wang, Po-Houng Lee, Wei-Jao Chen, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Ming-Liang Kuo, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, Institute of Toxicology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by a Research Grant from the National Science Council, Taipei, Taiwan, No. NSC91-2314-B002-245
Correspondence to: Wei-Jao Chen, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan, China.chenwj@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
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Received: February 15, 2005
Revised: June 6, 2005
Accepted: June 9, 2005
Published online: October 21, 2005
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