Gut Bacterial Dysbiosis in Children with Intractable Epilepsy

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A few published clinical studies have evaluated the association between gut microbiota in intractable epilepsy, but with inconsistent results. We hypothesized that the factors associated with the gut bacterial composition, such as age and geography, contributed to the discrepancies. Therefore, we used a cohort that was designed to minimize the effects of possible confounding factors and compared the gut...

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