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1. Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Nutrition Desk Reference

   Edited by Gerard E. Mullin, Laura E. Matarese, Melissa Palmer

   While the gastrointestinal tract ingests, digests, and absorbs nutrients, the liver transforms nutrients, synthesizes plasma proteins, and detoxifies bacteria and toxins absorbed from the gut. It is therefore not surprising that gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases have a major impact on the...

   Published September 11th 2011 by CRC Press
2. Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation

   A Clinical Guide

   Edited by Laura E. Matarese, Ezra Steiger, Douglas L. Seidner

   The introduction of parenteral nutrition support has given patients with short bowel syndrome the time they need to achieve maximal intestinal rehabilitation and has allowed these patients to survive. The pioneering work of Drs. Byrnes and Wilmore in the 1990s focused on novel techniques to enhance...

   Published October 27th 2004 by CRC Press