Is fecal microbiota transplantation the answer for irritable bowel syndrome? A single-center experience

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1831-1832

  Pinn, David M ^a   Aroniadis, Olga C ^b   Brandt, Lawrence J ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIET THERAPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; FECES; HOMEOSTASIS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; FECES; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908896589     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2014.295     Document Type: Letter

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