A placebo-controlled trial of Lactobacillus GG to prevent diarrhea in undernourished Peruvian children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-20

  Oberhelman, Richard A ^a,b,c,d,e   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b,c,d,e   Sheen, Patricia ^a,b,c,d,e   Taylor, David N ^a,b,c,d,e   Black, Robert E ^a,b,c,d,e   Cabrera, Lilia ^a,b,c,d,e   Lescano, Andrés G ^a,b,c,d,e   Meza, Rina ^a,b,c,d,e   Madico, Guillermo ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e California   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032963451     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70366-5     Document Type: Article

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