Comparison of the effect of a cornstarch thickened formula and strengthened regular formula on regurgitation, gastric emptying and weight gain in infantile regurgitation

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-160

  Chao, H C ^a   Vandenplas, Yvan ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anti regurgitation formula; Cornstarch thickened formula; Infant formula; Regurgitation

Indexed keywords

STARCH; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH SCINTISCANNING; VOMITING; WAKEFULNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; COUGH; CRYING; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MILK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STARCH; TECHNETIUM; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34147158798     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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