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Letter to the editor about published meta-analysis of TMAO and stroke

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  1. Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Rozenn N. Lemaitre & Paul N. Jensen

  2. Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

    Dariush Mozaffarian

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Lemaitre, R.N., Jensen, P.N. & Mozaffarian, D. Letter to the editor about published meta-analysis of TMAO and stroke. Eur J Clin Nutr 77, 761 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01255-7

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