Altered composition and function of intestinal microbiota in autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Liu, Feitong ^a,b,c   Li, Jie ^a   Wu, Fan ^a   Zheng, Huimin ^a,b   Peng, Qiongling ^d   Zhou, Hongwei ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLAUTIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; DIALISTER; DYSBIOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENY; PREVOTELLA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TURICIBACTER; VEILLONELLA; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DYSBIOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS;

EID: 85060791183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41398-019-0389-6     Document Type: Article

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