The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 389-391 , April 2002

Arginine supplementation and the prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants

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☆ Reprint requests: Josef Neu, MD, University of Florida, Department of Pediatrics, PO Box 100296, Gainesville, FL 32610-0296.

☆☆ J Pediatr 2002;140:389-91.

PII: S0022-3476(02)25065-9

doi: 10.1067/mpd.2002.124306

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 389-391 , April 2002

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