The effect of prebiotics in the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1579-1581

  Bisceglia, M ^a   Indrio, F ^b   Riezzo, G ^c   Poerio, V ^a   Corapi, U ^a   Raimondi, F ^d  

^a Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; MALTODEXTRIN; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BILIRUBIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69749109819     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01387.x     Document Type: Article

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