Time to Think About Nutrient Needs in Chronic Disease

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
² Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.

Comment

Patrick J Stover et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2016.

. 2016 Oct 1;176(10):1451-1452.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.4699.

¹ Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
² Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Efficacy of Folic Acid Therapy on the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease: The Renal Substudy of the China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial.
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