Arginine supplementation in prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in the premature infant: An updated systematic review

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mitchell, Kevin ^a   Lyttle, Alexander ^a   Amin, Harish ^a   Shaireen, Huma ^a   Robertson, Helen Lee ^a   Lodha, Abhay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

L arginine; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; NEWBORN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARGININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907013173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-226     Document Type: Article

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