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Are stool samples suitable for studying the link between gut microbiota and obesity?

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  1. Unité des Rickettsies, URMITE, UMR 7278, CNRS 6236, IRD 198, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

    Didier Raoult

  2. Architecture et fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, CNRS, UMR 7257, Case 932, Aix-Marseille Université, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille Cedex 9, France

    Bernard Henrissat

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Raoult, D., Henrissat, B. Are stool samples suitable for studying the link between gut microbiota and obesity?. Eur J Epidemiol 29, 307–309 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-014-9905-4

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