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Effect of Exclusive Enteral Nutrition on the Microbiota of Children With Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease
1 Jan 2015
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) is commonly used to treat pediatric Crohn's disease (CD). Meta-analysis of pediatric studies that have compared the effect of EEN with other treatments have shown that EEN induces remission in up to 80-85% of patients. We aimed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the effect of EEN on the microbiota of CD patients. METHODS: We used 16S rRNA gene and whole-genome...
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