Probiotics and prebiotics in inflammatory bowel disease: microflora ‘on the scope’
✍ Scribed by Dimitrios Damaskos; George Kolios
- Book ID
- 108642027
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 948 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-5251
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