Are stool samples suitable for studying the link between gut microbiota and obesity?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 307-309

  Raoult, Didier ^a   Henrissat, Bernard ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE PANCREAS ISOENZYME; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; OLIGO 1,6 GLUCOSIDASE; SUCROSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTEROIDETES; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CALORIC INTAKE; COLON FLORA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINAL FAILURE; INTESTINE FLORA; JEJUNUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PYROSEQUENCING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; OBESITY;

EID: 84902682067     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-014-9905-4     Document Type: Note

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