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Research Provides Insight into Impact of Microbiome on Health, Rheumatic Disease

Neha Ohri, MD, & Kristine A. Kuhn, MD, PhD  |  Issue: April 2016  |  

Neha Ohri, MD, is a third-year rheumatology fellow at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo.

Kristine Kuhn, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Her research focuses upon the interactions of the microbiome and mucosa on the development of systemic autoimmunity.

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