Are probiotics effective in management of irritable bowel syndrome?

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-405

  Hosseini, Asieh ^a   Nikfar, Shekoufeh ^b,c   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIA; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EDITORIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 84863931296     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.29396     Document Type: Editorial

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