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Editorial

Is fecal microbiota transplantation a temporary patch for treatment of Clostridium difficile infection or a new frontier of therapeutics?

Pages 435-438 | Received 30 Jan 2018, Accepted 13 Apr 2018, Published online: 20 Apr 2018

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