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Mucosa-Associated Microbiota in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Comparison of Subtypes
3 Dec 2020
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BACKGROUND: Most studies on gut microbiome of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have focused on fecal microbiota, instead of mucosa-associated microbiota (MAM). AIMS: The aim of this study wasto investigate the MAM in IBS patients including the difference in subtypes of IBS, namely, diarrhea-predominant IBS (IBS-D) and constipation-predominant IBS (IBS-C). METHODS: Endoscopic brush samples were taken from terminal...
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