Searching for superstool: Maximizing the therapeutic potential of FMT

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 387-388

  Olesen, Scott W ^a   Leier, McKenzie M ^b   Alm, Eric J ^a,c   Kahn, Stacy A ^b,d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DONOR; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85046032348     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41575-018-0019-4     Document Type: Review

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