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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2020.076

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Altered neurometabolic potential of gut microbiome in healthy children of different age

Kovtun AS1, Averina OV1, Poluektova EU1, Kostyuk GP2, Danilenko VN1
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1 Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow, Russia

2 Psychiatric Hospital № 1 Named after N. A. Alexeev, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Alexey S. Kovtun
Gubkina, 3, Moscow, 119991; moc.liamg@52sanutvok

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Funding: the study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project № 20-14-00132.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (protocol № 165 dated May 22, 2017). The informed consent was obtained from parents of all children.

Author contribution: Kovtun AS — algorithm development, bioinformatics analysis, catalogue creation, data interpretation and vizualization; Averina OV — method development, catalogue creation, data interpretation, manuscript writing; Poluektova EU — method development, catalogue creation; Kostyuk GP and Danilenko VN — study concept, method development, data interpretation.

Received: 2020-11-13 Accepted: 2020-12-02 Published online: 2020-12-11
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