Mediterranean diet of extented fasting's influence on changing the intestinal microflora, immunoglobulin A secretion and clinical outcome in patients with rheumatiod arthritis and fibromyalgia: An observational study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Michalsen, Andreas ^a   Riegert, Markus ^a   Lüdtke, Rainer ^b   Bäcker, Marcus ^a   Langhorst, Jost ^a   Schwickert, Myriam ^a   Dobos, Gustav J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FECES MICROFLORA; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VEGETARIAN DIET; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FASTING; FECES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29944434116     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-5-22     Document Type: Article

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