Efficacy of standard glucose-based and reduced-osmolarity maltodextrin-based oral rehydration solutions: Effect of sugar malabsorption

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 471-477

  El Mougi, M ^a   Hendawi, A ^a   Koura, H ^a   Hegazi, E ^b   Fontaine, O ^c   Pierce, N F ^c,d  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALTODEXTRIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ARAB COUNTRIES; BIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLIC EFFECTS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DISEASES; EGYPT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM EFFECTS; HOMEOSTASIS; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; METABOLIC EFFECTS; NORTHERN AFRICA; ORAL REHYDRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES; TREATMENT; YOUTH;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; MALTOSE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0030444344     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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