Journal article
Why is it so difficult to evaluate faecal microbiota transplantation as a treatment for ulcerative colitis?
- Abstract:
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Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has recently re-emerged as a viable therapeutic option for colonic disorders. Its efficacy has been proved in the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection which has encouraged research into the use of FMT for other disorders involving gut dysbiosis, such as ulcerative colitis (UC), a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by relapsing and remitting colonic inflammation. Although the FMT protocol for C. difficile treatment is well established, th...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Intestinal Research Journal website
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 209-215
- Publication date:
- 2018-04-30
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-09-06
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2288-1956
- ISSN:
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1598-9100
- Pmid:
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29743833
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:853079
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- Local pid:
- pubs:853079
- Source identifiers:
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853079
- Deposit date:
- 2018-05-22
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- © Copyright 2018 Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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