Navigating long-term safety in fecal microbiota transplantation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1538-

  Kassam, Zain ^a   Lee, Christine H ^a,b   Yuan, Yuhong ^a,c   Hunt, Richard H ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DONOR SELECTION; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES MICROFLORA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROBIOME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCREENING TEST; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; HUMANS; METAGENOME;

EID: 84883676428     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.214     Document Type: Letter

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