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Fecal microbiota transplantation in alcoholic hepatitis: new treatment paradigm or a shot in the dark?

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 751019, India

    Prajna Anirvan & Manas Kumar Panigrahi

  2. Kalinga Gastroenterology Foundation, Cuttack, 753007, India

    Shivaram Prasad Singh

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Anirvan, P., Panigrahi, M.K. & Singh, S.P. Fecal microbiota transplantation in alcoholic hepatitis: new treatment paradigm or a shot in the dark?. Hepatol Int 17, 1318–1319 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-023-10525-w

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