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01-01-2009 | Letter to the Editor

New randomized trial of probiotics in pancreatitis needed? Caution advised

Authors: Marc G. H. Besselink, Hjalmar C. van Santvoort, Geert J. M. G. van der Heijden, Erik Buskens, H. G. Gooszen, For the Dutch Acute Pancreatitis Study Group

Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | Issue 1/2009

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Dear Sir, …

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Title: New randomized trial of probiotics in pancreatitis needed? Caution advised
Authors: Marc G. H. Besselink
Hjalmar C. van Santvoort
Geert J. M. G. van der Heijden
Erik Buskens
H. G. Gooszen
For the Dutch Acute Pancreatitis Study Group
Publication date: 01-01-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 1435-2443
Electronic ISSN: 1435-2451
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-008-0419-y

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