Kwashiorkor and the gut microbiota

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1746-1747

  Garrett, Wendy S ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONVALESCENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FECAL TRANSPLANTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KWASHIORKOR; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84877293696     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr1301297     Document Type: Article

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