Intestinal microbiota: A source of novel biomarkers in inflammatory bowel diseases?

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-58

  Berry, David ^a   Reinisch, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dysbiosis; Enterobacteriaceae; Faecalibacterium prausnitzii; Lachnospiraceae; Microbial biomarker

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD8 ANTIGEN; RNA 16S;

AKKERMANSIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENTERITIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS GNAVUS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84879075084     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2013.03.005     Document Type: Review

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