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. 1992 Dec;109(3):315–326. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800050317

History of recognition and measurement of colonization resistance of the digestive tract as an introduction to selective gastrointestinal decontamination.

D van der Waaij 1
PMCID: PMC2271937  PMID: 1468517

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