Gut Microbiota, Probiotics and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
โ Scribed by Johannes Stephani; Katarina Radulovic; Jan Hendrik Niess
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 540 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-069X
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