The Microbiome and its Impact on Disease in the Preterm Patient

Current Pediatrics Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 215-221

  Neu, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestine; Microbiome; Neonate; Premature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942827616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21674841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40124-013-0031-7     Document Type: Article

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