Observational Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2018; 24(39): 4510-4516
Published online Oct 21, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i39.4510
Figure 2
Figure 2 Alpha diversity evaluated by the Shannon Index. Comparison between mucosa and stool in children with Crohn’s disease (CD) and controls. Alpha diversity is significantly lower in stool than in mucosa in CD samples (P = 0.0001), while the difference is not significant in control samples (P = 0.35).