The human microbiome and its potential importance to pediatrics.

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Published in Pediatrics on April 02, 2012

Authors

Coreen L Johnson1, James Versalovic

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. coreenj@bcm.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Clinical Study of Novel Probiotic Microbial Composite™ to Treat Undernourished Young Children | NCT03150927

Project SHARE (motherS Have All the Right microbEs) | NCT03239197

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