Molecular fingerprinting of the intestinal microbiota of infants in whom atopic eczema was or was not developing

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1602-1608

  Penders, J ^a   Stobberingh, E E ^b   Thijs, C ^a,c   Adams, H ^b   Vink, C ^b   Van Ree, R ^d   Van Den Brandt, P A ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Atopic eczema; DGGE; Intestinal microbiota; Nested case control

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EGGS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INTESTINES; MILK; MILK, HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33845404097     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02599.x     Document Type: Article

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