Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2015, Article ID 476215, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/476215
Review Article
D-Lactic Acidosis: An Underrecognized Complication of Short Bowel Syndrome
Department of Medicine, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT 06102, USA
Received 26 November 2014; Revised 28 March 2015; Accepted 8 April 2015
Academic Editor: Anastasios Koulaouzidis
Copyright © 2015 N. Gurukripa Kowlgi and Lovely Chhabra. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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