Lactobacillus reuteri accelerates gastric emptying and improves regurgitation in infants

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-422

  Indrio, Flavia ^a   Riezzo, Giuseppe ^b   Raimondi, Francesco ^c   Bisceglia, Massimo ^d   Filannino, Antonia ^a   Cavallo, Luciano ^a   Francavilla, Ruggiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional regurgitation; Gastric motility; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; STOMACH EMPTYING;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; MALE; PROBIOTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VOMITING;

EID: 79952519210     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02425.x     Document Type: Article

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