Effect of Gaviscon Infant on gastro-oesophageal reflux in infants assessed by combined intraluminal impedance/pH

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 460-463

  Del Buono, R ^b   Wenzl, T G ^c   Ball, G ^b   Keady, S ^b   Thomson, M ^a,b  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GAVISCON; GAVISCON INFANT; MANNITOL; PLACEBO; SOLVITO N; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINAL IMPEDANCE; MALE; PARAMETER; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGINATES; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANTACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; MALE; SILICIC ACID; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18244378249     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.024463     Document Type: Article

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