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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank the clinical research assistants SandraHendrickx, SylviaVanHulle, JanVermeyen, Heidi
Utens, Marjolein Augustus, Mirjam van de Polder, Marianne Maliepaard, Jodie Pugh, Kimberley
Kato, and Cathy Sheppard for their help; Bregje van Paridon, Esther van Puffelen, MiriamMooij,
and Navin Boeddha for assistance with recruitment and data entry; Wilfried Debecker, Kim
Huygens, Dominiek Cottem, Arjen de Blois, Saskia de Reus, and Daniel Garros for help with
semiautomation of the study protocol and with the linking the case report forms with source
files; hospital pharmacists Katrien Cosaert, Frederike Engels, and Lidwien Hanff for preparation
of the parenteral nutrition; Jenny Gielens for administrative support; the clinical staff for their
adherence to the protocol and for patient care, in particular Drs. Geert Meyfroidt, Catherine
Ingels, Sophie Van Cromphaut, Jan Gunst, Jan Muller, Erwin Detroy, Greet Devlieger and Miet
Schetz in Leuven; Drs. Matthijs de Hoog, Robert-Jan Houmes, Enno Wildschut, Ulrike Kraemer,
Natasja Meijer, Suzan Cochius-den Otter, Linda Corel, Saskia deWildt, JanWillem Kuiper, Saskia
Gischler and Corinne Buysse in Rotterdam, and Drs. Daniel Garros, Laurance Lequier, Natalie
Anton, Allan deCaen, Jon Duff, Alf Conradi, Lindsay Ryerson, Ian Adatia, Dominic Cave, and
Vijay Anand in Edmonton; the patients and their parents or guardians for their willingness to
participate in the study; and Drs. Peter Lauwers, Roger Bouillon, Jan J. Vranckx, Chris Van Geet,
and Maurice Bruynooghe for serving on the data and safety monitoring board.