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Original Article

Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea, Clostridium difficile, and Short-Chain Fatty Acids

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Pages 688-693 | Received 17 Oct 1995, Accepted 04 Dec 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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