Early-life host-microbiome interphase: The key frontier for immune development

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Amenyogbe, Nelly ^a   Kollmann, Tobias R ^a   Ben Othman, Rym ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immune diseases; Immunity and infections; Microbiome; Ontogeny; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032684513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2017.00111     Document Type: Review

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