Probiotic, zinc and lactose-free formula in children with rotavirus diarrhea: Are they effective?

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 677-682

  Dalgic, Nazan ^a   Sancar, Mesut ^b   Bayraktar, Banu ^a   Pullu, Mine ^a   Hasim, Ozlem ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

children; lactose free formula; probiotic; rotavirus; zinc

Indexed keywords

PARENTERAL SOLUTION; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; LACTOSE; MALE; PROBIOTICS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ZINC;

EID: 80051723286     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03325.x     Document Type: Article

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