Fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173 010 in childhood constipation: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Tabbers, Merit M ^a   Chmielewska, Ania ^b   Roseboom, Maaike G ^a   Crastes, Nolwenn ^c   Perrin, Catherine ^c   Reitsma, Johannes B ^d   Norbruis, Obbe ^e   Szajewska, Hania ^b   Benninga, Marc A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c DANONE RESEARCH   (France)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood constipation; Probiotics; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DEFECATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957894986     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2590     Document Type: Article

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