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Impact of Ethnicity, Geography, and Disease on the Microbiota in Health and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
15 Nov 2013
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BACKGROUND: The gut microbiota is central to health and disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. Differences in microbiota related to geography and ethnicity may hold the key to recent changes in the incidence of microbiota-related disorders. METHODS: Gut mucosal microbiota was analyzed in 190 samples from 87 Caucasian and Chinese subjects, from Australia and Hong Kong, comprising 22 patients with Crohn's...
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