Effect of formula thickened with reduced concentration of locust bean gum on gastroesophageal reflux

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 910-914

  Miyazawa, R ^a   Tomomasa, T ^a   Kaneko, H ^a   Arakawa, H ^a   Morikawa, A ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Infants; Locust bean gum; Regurgitation; Thickened formula

Indexed keywords

ALGAROBA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; VOMITING;

GALACTANS; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MANNANS; PLANT GUMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOMITING;

EID: 34249785412     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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