Clinical Nutrition
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 549-555 , October 2009

Tube feeding with a diabetes-specific feed for 12 weeks improves glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes patients

  • Nachum Vaisman

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Clinical Nutrition, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Weizmanstreet 6, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 3 6974807/3973; fax: +972 3 6973191/3973.
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  • Mirian Lansink

      Affiliations

    • Danone Research-Centre for Specialised Nutrition (formerly known as Numico Research), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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  • Carlette H. Rouws

      Affiliations

    • Danone Research-Centre for Specialised Nutrition (formerly known as Numico Research), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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  • Katrien M. van Laere

      Affiliations

    • Danone Research-Centre for Specialised Nutrition (formerly known as Numico Research), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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  • R. Segal

      Affiliations

    • Shmuel Harofe Hospital, Beer Yaakov, Israel
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  • Eva Niv

      Affiliations

    • Shmuel Harofe Hospital, Beer Yaakov, Israel
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  • Tim E. Bowling

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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  • Dan L. Waitzberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • John E. Morley

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine and GRECC, VA Medical Center, St Louis, MO 63104, USA

Received 18 November 2008 ,Accepted 6 May 2009.

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 This work has been presented at the ESPEN conference, 12-16 september 2008, Florence, Italy.

☆☆ ISRCTN57864852.

PII: S0261-5614(09)00102-2

doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.05.004

Clinical Nutrition
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 549-555 , October 2009