Probiotics for patients with compensated liver cirrhosis: A double-blind placebo-controlled study

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-181

  Pereg, David ^a,b   Kotliroff, Andy ^a,b   Gadoth, Natan ^b,c   Hadary, Ruth ^a,b   Lishner, Michael ^a,b   Kitay Cohen, Yona ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Department of Neurology   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cirrhosis; Gut flora; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

AGED; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; PROBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. LACTIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 78650822244     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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