Safety of probiotics and synbiotics in children under 18 years of age

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 615-630

  van den Nieuwboer, M ^a   Brummer, R J ^b   Guarner, F ^c   Morelli, L ^d   Cabana, M ^e   Claassen, E ^a,f  

^a ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Safety; Synbiotics

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSENTERY; ENTEROPATHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; INFESTATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROBIOTICS; SYNBIOTICS;

EID: 84944404934     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2014.0157     Document Type: Article

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