Medical Hypotheses
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 174-177 , February 2001

The beneficial, antimicrobial effect of probiotics

  • G.P.A. Bongaerts

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medical Microbiology and, University Medical Center, St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • R.S.V.M. Severijnen

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center, St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 11 November 2000 ,Accepted 3 April 2000.

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PII: S0306-9877(00)91135-6

doi: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1135

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 174-177 , February 2001

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