Nutritional supplements and other complementary medicines for infantile colic: A systematic review

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 720-733

  Perry, Rachel ^a   Hunt, Katherine ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Infantile colic; Nutritional supplements; RCT; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

COLIMIL; DIMETICONE; FENNEL EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SIMETHICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLIC; DATA BASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INFANTILE COLIC; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEXOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COLIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953305121     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2098     Document Type: Article

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