Dietary interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in childhood

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Huertas Ceballos, Angela A ^a   Logan, Stuart ^b   Bennett, Cathy ^c   Macarthur, Colin ^d   Martin, Alice E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; CHILD; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIETARY FIBER; LACTOBACILLUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE;

LACTOSE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; DIETARY FIBER; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOSE; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84907609001     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003019.pub4     Document Type: Review

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