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Glutamine supplementation in bone marrow transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Thomas R. Ziegler*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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*Corresponding author: Dr Thomas R. Ziegler, M.D., fax +1 404 727 5563, email tzieg01@emory.ed
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