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Diversity of mucosa-associated microbiota in active and inactive ulcerative colitis
30 Sept 2008
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OBJECTIVE: Recent findings indicate that bacteria play an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, the exact role of bacteria in ulcerative colitis (UC) has still to be elucidated. The objective of the study was to investigate the potential differences in the intestinal microbiota between patients with UC and control subjects, using terminal restriction fragment length...
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