Growth during the first 6 months of life in infants using formula enriched with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG: Double-blind, randomized trial

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Vendt, Neve ^a   Grunberg H ^b   Tuure, T ^c   Malminiemi, O ^d   Wuolijoki, E ^d   Tillmann, V ^b   Sepp, E ^a   Korpela, R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^c VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Growth; Infant formula; Lactobacillus GG; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 33645982872     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2006.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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