Phytomedicine
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 653-667 , 3 September 2008

Cranberry juice for prophylaxis of urinary tract infections – Conclusions from clinical experience and research

  • Rainer Nowack

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Center for Nephrology/Dialysis, Friedrichshafener Str. 82, D-88131 Lindau, Germany. Tel.: +4983822762100; fax: +4983822762109.
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  • Wilhelm Schmitt

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.07.009

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