Intolerance of cow's milk and chronic constipation in children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1100-1104

  Iacono, Giuseppe ^a   Cavataio, Francesca ^a   Montalto, Giuseppe ^a   Florena, Ada ^a   Tumminello, Mario ^a   Soresi, Maurizio ^a   Notarbartolo, Alberto ^a   Carroccio, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LAXATIVE;

ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFECATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MILK INTOLERANCE; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MILK; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; RECTUM; SOYBEANS;

EID: 0032531830     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199810153391602     Document Type: Article

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