Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 76-81 , January 2006

Bifidogenic growth stimulator for the treatment of active ulcerative colitis: a pilot study

  • Asuka Suzuki, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy and Center of the 21th Century COE Program for Medical Science, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Keiichi Mitsuyama, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy and Center of the 21th Century COE Program for Medical Science, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-942-31-7561; fax: +81-942-34-2623.
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  • Hironori Koga, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy and Center of the 21th Century COE Program for Medical Science, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Nobuo Tomiyasu, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy and Center of the 21th Century COE Program for Medical Science, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Junya Masuda, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy and Center of the 21th Century COE Program for Medical Science, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Kosuke Takaki

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Osamu Tsuruta, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Atsushi Toyonaga

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Michio Sata

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Received 6 September 2004 ,Accepted 19 April 2005.

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 This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare.

PII: S0899-9007(05)00236-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.04.013

Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 76-81 , January 2006

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