Probiotics for irritable bowel syndrome: A light in the darkness?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1135-1136

  Grant Thompson, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irritable bowel syndrome; Probiotics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DRUG MECHANISM; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIOCINS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 0034757979     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200110000-00001     Document Type: Article

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