Failure of dietary oligofructose to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhoea
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عنوان ژورنال: Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0269-2813,1365-2036
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02304.x