Meta-analysis: Smectite in the treatment of acute infectious diarrhoea in children

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-227

  Szajewska, H ^a   Dziechciarz, P ^a   Mrukowicz, J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Polish Institute for Evidence Based Medicine   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LANGUAGE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SILICATES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 33644887709     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02760.x     Document Type: Article

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