Microbes and the malnourished child

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 180, 2013, Pages

  Prentice, Andrew M ^a   Nabwera, Helen ^a   Kwambana, Brenda ^b   Antonio, Martin ^b   Moore, Sophie E ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFDINIR; PLACEBO;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KWASHIORKOR; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; METAGENOME;

EID: 84877764903     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3006212     Document Type: Review

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