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Moderate fats in infectious hepatitis: A new concept based on recent advances

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A moderate increase of fats up to 200 grams in the dietary treatment of infectious hepatitis is advocated in light of recent advances in pathologic anatomy and physiology and clinical observations.

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  1. Brooklyn, N. Y.

    Nathaniel E. Reich M.D. (M.D., F.A.C.P.) (Chief)

  2. Medical Services, Station Hosp., Ft. Sill, Okla

    Nathaniel E. Reich M.D. (M.D., F.A.C.P.) (Chief) & Dorothy L. Swartz M.D.D. (Dietician)

  3. Cedar Falls, Iowa

    P. Beckman R.N.

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Reich, N.E., Swartz, D.L. & Beckman, P. Moderate fats in infectious hepatitis: A new concept based on recent advances. Jour. D. D. 14, 281–288 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001341

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