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Articles tagged with "juvenile rheumatoid arthritis"

The Microbiome in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases

The Microbiome in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases

Matthew Stoll, MD, PhD  |  April 15, 2016

The human intestinal microbiota is home to more than 1,000 bacterial species, containing approximately 3 million genes, many of which code for functions that have the potential to affect human physiology.1 Smaller numbers of organisms are also present in the skin, upper gastrointestinal tract, female reproductive tract and the oro- and nasopharynx. As tools have…

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