Trace element deficiencies in inflammatory bowel disease.
Since the institution of successful parenteral nutrition, much has been learned about malnutrition and the effects and complications of nutritional therapy. A variety of patient groups suffer from malnutrition, and clinicians accept the fact that an extremely high incidence of hospitalized medical and surgical patients are malnourished. Perhaps the group we most frequently see suffering from malnutrition are patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This is especially true in Crohn's disease, in which a variety of nutritional disturbances have been described.
Goldschmid
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Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Graham
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M
D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000378:metabolism*
D014131:Trace Elements