Incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in very-low-birth-weight infants related to the use of Lactobacillus GG

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1135-1138

  Luoto, R ^a,b   Matomaki J ^a   Isolauri, E ^a,b   Lehtonen, L ^a,b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Necrotizing enterocolitis; Preterm; Probiotics; Very low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS GG; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; PROBIOTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954364006     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01795.x     Document Type: Article

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