The microbiome in early life: Implications for health outcomes

Nature Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 713-722

  Tamburini, Sabrina ^a   Shen, Nan ^a   Wu, Han Chih ^a   Clemente, Jose C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AMNION FLUID; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIRTH; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE FLORA; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NEONATAL MICROBIOME; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DYSBIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIET; DYSBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIOTA; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROBIOTICS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84978062955     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.4142     Document Type: Review

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