Probiotics for treating persistent diarrhoea in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Bernaola Aponte, Guillermo ^a   Bada Mancilla, Carlos Alfonso ^b   Carreazo, Nilton Yhuri ^c   Rojas Galarza, Raúl Alberto ^d  

^a Suárez Angamos Hospital   (Peru)

^b Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Perú Servicio de Pediatría Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA DE CIENCIAS APLICADAS   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PERSISTENT DIARRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893361093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007401.pub3     Document Type: Review

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