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Comment on LOVIT study; are high doses rather than vitamin C deleterious in septic patients?

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  1. Department of clinical laboratory, Montauban Hospital, Montauban, France

    David Metsu

  2. Department of biochemistry, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France

    Anne Galinier

  3. Institut RESTORE, UMR 1301 INSERM, 5070 CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

    Anne Galinier

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Metsu, D., Galinier, A. Comment on LOVIT study; are high doses rather than vitamin C deleterious in septic patients?. Eur J Clin Nutr 77, 507 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-023-01261-3

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