Development of the infant intestinal microbiome: A bird's eye view of a complex process

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 228-239

  Meropol, Sharon B ^a,b   Edwards, Amy ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Child; Drug resistance; Infant; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; CELIAC DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DYSBIOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE FLORA; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTESTINES;

EID: 84955689469     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.21114     Document Type: Review

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