Re: ESPGHAN commentary and education that probiotics substantially reduce all-cause mortality and necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 694-

  Tarnow Mordi, William ^a   Wilkinson, Dominic ^a   Trivedi, Amit ^a   Sinn, John ^a   Dutta, Sourabh ^a   Parikh, Tushar ^a   Lin, Hung Chih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 77953162263     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181d78051     Document Type: Letter

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