Supplementation of infant formula with probiotics and/or prebiotics: A systematic review and comment by the ESPGHAN committee on nutrition

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-250

  Braegger, Christian ^a   Chmielewska, Anna ^a   Decsi, Tamas ^b   Kolacek, Sanja ^c   Mihatsch, Walter ^j   Moreno, Luis ^d   Pieścik, Małgorzata ^a   Puntis, John ^e   Shamir, Raanan ^f   Szajewska, Hania ^g   Turck, Dominique ^h   Van Goudoever, Johannes ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^h UNIV LILLE   (France)

ⁱ SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^j NONE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

feeding; microbiota; modification; paediatric nutrition

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BODY HEIGHT; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD GROWTH; COLIC; DEFECATION HABIT; DIARRHEA; ECZEMA; FOOD SAFETY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LOOSE FECES; PREBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTATION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAFETY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYNBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WEIGHT GAIN;

BACTERIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; SAFETY;

EID: 79951682528     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181fb9e80     Document Type: Article

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