Routine probiotics for premature infants: Let's be careful!

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 672-674

  Neu, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ATOPY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 79952574814     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.11.028     Document Type: Note

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