title: Preface: clinical applications of probiotics in gastroenterology: questions and answers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. gfmd379@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D054892:Metagenome / Q000276:immunology; D009765:Obesity / Q000382:microbiology; D019936:Probiotics / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*