Pooling data on different probiotics is not appropriate to assess the efficacy of probiotics

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 975-

  Szajewska, Hania ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFECTS; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84903818086     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-014-2340-4     Document Type: Letter

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