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Starvation in a sea of plenty: can a “slime loosener” help the critically ill?

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    Friedrich C. Luft

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Luft, F.C. Starvation in a sea of plenty: can a “slime loosener” help the critically ill?. J Mol Med 74, 345–346 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00210628

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