Immune functions and mechanisms in the gastrointestinal tract

Handbook of Prebiotics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 115-142

  Dubert Ferrandon, Alix ^a   Newburg, David S ^a   Walker, Allan W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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