Is Bifidobacterium breve effective in the treatment of childhood constipation? Results from a pilot study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tabbers, M M ^a   De Milliano, I ^a   Roseboom, M G ^a   Benninga, M A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAD TASTE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BRISTOL STOOL SCALE FREQUENCY; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; MEAL; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PILOT STUDY; POWDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

ADOLESCENT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 79951850124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-19     Document Type: Article

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