Bowyer, Ruth C. E.
Jackson, Matthew A.
Pallister, Tess
Skinner, Jane
Spector, Tim D.
Welch, Ailsa A.
Steves, Claire J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (WT081878MA)
Kings College London
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
University of East Anglia
Chronic Disease Research Foundation (CDRF/10/06/2014)
Article History
Received: 2 August 2017
Accepted: 28 March 2018
First Online: 25 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Favourable ethical opinion was granted by the formerly known St. Thomas’ Hospital Research Ethics Committee (REC). Following restructure and merging of REC, subsequent amendments were approved by the NRES Committee London-Westminster (TwinsUK, REC ref.: EC04/015); use of microbiota samples was granted NRES Committee London-Westminster (The Flora Twin Study, REC ref.: 12/LO/0227).
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