Gut microenvironment and immune function

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-85

  Bengmark, Stig ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADHESION; CROSS INFECTION; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADHESIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SEPSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032618407     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-199901000-00014     Document Type: Article

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