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The microbiome and inflammatory bowel disease: is there a therapeutic role for fecal microbiota transplantation?
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2012
Damman Christopher J, Miller Samuel I, Surawicz Christina M, Zisman Timothy L
Abstract excerpt
One hypothesis for the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease is that an altered or pathogenic microbiota causes inflammation in a genetically susceptible individual. Understanding the microbiota's role in the pathogenesis of the disease could lead to new IBD treatments aimed at shifting the bacteria in the gut back to eubiosis. Probiotics have some efficacy in the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC), but our...
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