Reduced microbial diversity in inflammatory bowel diseases [1]

Gut

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1207-

  Ott, S J ^a   Schreiber, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA FRAGMENT;

BACTERIAL FLORA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON BIOPSY; CROHN DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; ENTERITIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COLON; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 33746160380     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.094953     Document Type: Letter

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