Functions of intestinal microflora in children

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-38

  Buccigrossi, Vittoria ^a   Nicastro, Emanuele ^a   Guarino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

dysbiosis; enterotype; eubiosis; gut microbiota functions; signature

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATOPY; BREAST MILK; CELIAC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CHILD; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; METAGENOME; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84871632236     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: 15317056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32835a3500     Document Type: Review

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