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Gradual sucrose gastric loading test: Does it really matter?

Pravin Amin

Citation Information : Amin P. Gradual sucrose gastric loading test: Does it really matter?. Indian J Crit Care Med 2015; 19 (2):69-70.

DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.151011

License: CC BY-ND 3.0

Published Online: 01-12-2015

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2015; The Author(s).


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