Lactobacillus casei in the control of acute diarrhea - A pilot study

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 905-910

  Agarwal, K N ^a   Bhasin, S K ^a   Faridi, M M A ^a   Mathur, M ^a   Gupta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FERMENTED PRODUCT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALE; MILK; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGURT;

EID: 0034862537     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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