Efficacy and safety of diosmectite in acute childhood diarrhoea: A meta-analysis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 704-712

  Das, Rashmi Ranjan ^a   Sankar, Jhuma ^b   Naik, Sushree Samiksha ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; DIOSMECTITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACUTE CHILDHOOD DIARRHEA; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DISEASE DURATION; FECES; HUMAN; LIQUID FECES; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HUMANS; INFANT; SILICATES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84933177625     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307632     Document Type: Article

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