Does daily intake of bovine lactoferrin-containing products ameliorate rotaviral gastroenteritis?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1242-1244

  Egashira, Masanori ^a,b   Takayanagi, Toshimitsu ^b   Moriuchi, Masako ^a   Moriuchi, Hiroyuki ^a,b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Saga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; COW; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; ROTAVIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 34547115672     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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