Most conventional forms of drug therapy suppress or modify the host immunoinflammatory response and neglect the other contributor to disease pathogenesis-the environmental microflora. Probiotics are live microbial food ingredients that alter the enteric microflora and have a beneficial effect on hea
Inflammatory bowel disease: Is there any relation between smoking status and disease presentation?
✍ Scribed by Dr. Maurice G. V. M. Russel; Alexander Volovics; Eric J. Schoon; Erik H. J. van Wijlick; Richard F. Logan; Shiva Shivananda; Reinhold W. Stockbrügger
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 504 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
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