Establishment of some microflora-associated characteristics in ex-germfree rats and the developmental pattern

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-116

  Gustafsson, Aina ^a   Norin, Elisabeth ^a   Midtvedt, Tore ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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