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Aksenov V.A.

Vice-president of the Inter-Regional Association of Evidence-Based Medicine, Orenburg, Russia

Nikonov E.L.

FGBU "Poliklinika #1" Upravleniia delami Prezidenta RF

The application of probiotics for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, hepatopathy, and infectious diseases

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Aksenov V.A., Nikonov E.L.

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Aksenov VA, Nikonov EL. The application of probiotics for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, hepatopathy, and infectious diseases. Russian Journal of Evidence-Based Gastroenterology. 2017;6(2):35‑45. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/dokgastro20176235-45

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