European consensus conference on faecal microbiota transplantation in clinical practice

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Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 569-580

  Cammarota, Giovanni ^a   Ianiro, Gianluca ^a   Tilg, Herbert ^b   Rajilić Stojanović, Mirjana ^c   Kump, Patrizia ^d   Satokari, Reetta ^e   Sokol, Harry ^f   Arkkila, Perttu ^g   Pintus, Cristina ^h   Hart, Ailsa ⁱ   Segal, Jonathan ⁱ   Aloi, Marina ^j   Masucci, Luca ^a   Molinaro, Antonio ^k   Scaldaferri, Franco ^a   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a   Lopez Sanroman, Antonio ^l   Link, Alexander ^m   De Groot, Pieter ⁿ   De Vos, Willem M ^e,o   Högenauer, Christoph ^d   Malfertheiner, Peter ^m   Mattila, Eero ^p   Milosavljević, Tomica ^q   Nieuwdorp, Max ^k,n,r   Sanguinetti, Maurizio ^a   Simren, Magnus ^s   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a   more..

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h Italian National Transplant Center   (Italy)

ⁱ ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^l HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^m OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^o WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^p HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^r VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADVERSE EFFECTS; DONOR SELECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STANDARDS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DONOR SELECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 85011019659     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-313017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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