Bifidobacterium lactis in treatment of children with acute diarrhea. A randomized double blind controlled trial

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 403-407

  El Soud, Neveen Helmy Abou ^a   Said, Reem Nabil ^b   Mosallam, Dalia Sayed ^b   Barakat, Nahla Abdel Moniem ^a   Sabry, Mohamed Ahmed ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; Bifidobacterium lactis; Children; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84941356009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18579655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2015.088     Document Type: Article

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