Non-Invasive Mapping of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota Identifies Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Non-Invasive Mapping of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota Identifies Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Background: Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is challenging to diagnose because of the non-specificity of symptoms; an unequivocal diagnosis can only be made using colonoscopy, which clinicians are reluctant to recommend for children. Diagnosis of pediatric IBD is therefore frequently d...

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Main Authors: Papa, Eli, Docktor, Michael, Smillie, Christopher, Weber, Sarah, Preheim, Sarah Pacocha, Gevers, Dirk, Giannoukos, Georgia, Ciulla, Dawn, Tabbaa, Diana, Ingram, Jay, Schauer, David B., Ward, Doyle V., Korzenik, Joshua R., Xavier, Ramnik J., Bousvaros, Athos, Alm, Eric J.
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72428
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8202-5222

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72428
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8202-5222

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