Separating "good" from "bad" faecal dysbiosis - Evidence from two cross-sectional studies

BMC Obesity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Farup, Per G ^a,b   Aasbrenn, Martin ^a,c   Valeur, Jørgen ^d  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dysbiosis; Irritable bowel syndrome; Metformin; Microbiota; Non nutritive sweeteners; obesity

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENER;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE DYSBIOSIS INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DYSBIOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE BOWEL SEVERITY SCORING SYSTEM; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 85058973153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20529538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40608-018-0207-3     Document Type: Article

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