Lactobacillus GG administered in oral rehydration solution to children with acute diarrhea: A multicenter European trial

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-60

  Guandalini, Stefano ^j   Pensabene, Licia ^c   Zikri, Mona Abu ^a   Dias, Jorge Amil ^b   Casali, Luigi Gobio ^c   Hoekstra, Hans ^c   Kolacek, Sanja ^d   Massar, Karin ^c   Micetic Turk, Dusanka ^e   Papadopoulou, Alexandra ^f   De Sousa, Jaime Salazar ^g   Sandhu, Bhupinder ^h   Szajewska, Hanna ^c   Weizman, Zvi ⁱ  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*

^d Alergologiju I Reumatologiju S Klini kom Imunologijom   (Croatia)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^f P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^h BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Children; Diarrhea; Infantile diarrhea; Lactobacillus GG; Probiotics; Rehydration

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTERITIS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; LENGTH OF STAY; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034037492     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200001000-00018     Document Type: Article

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