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Gut Microbial Diversity Is Reduced in Smokers with Crohnʼs Disease
19 Aug 2016
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BACKGROUND: Smoking has a negative impact on Crohn's disease (CD), but the mechanisms underlying this association are unclear. We compared the gut microbiota composition of smoking with nonsmoking patients with CD using a metagenomic approach. METHODS: Stool samples and clinical data were collected from current smokers and nonsmokers with CD from France and the Netherlands, matched for country, gender, age,...
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