Update on infantile colic and management options

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 921-926

  Gupta, S K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colic; Infant; Management; Motility; Pharmacology; Protein intolerance

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; DICYCLOVERINE; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; MOTILIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; RANITIDINE; SIMETHICONE;

AEROPHAGIA; ATOPY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CAREGIVER; COLIC; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFANT COLIC; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MILK ALLERGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN INTOLERANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

COLIC; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948990047     PISSN: 14724472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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