Routine supplement of prebiotics and probiotics to newborn infants is not recommended

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Shafai, Touraj ^a  

^a Inland Empire Children's Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLERGY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BOTTLE FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOXICITY; FECES; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG TOXICITY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 63149164993     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3557     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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