Growth of infants fed formula supplemented with Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 or Lactobacillus GG: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Szajewska, Hania ^a   Chmielewska, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Feeding; Growth; Infants; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANCY; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; META ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; GROWTH; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84887311367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-185     Document Type: Article

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