The efficacy and safety of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 for infantile colic: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Man ^a   Wang, Jiao ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Sun, Fei ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Liu, Xiao Hong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CRYING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANTILE COLIC; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COLIC; INFANT; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO;

COLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; ODDS RATIO; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84949651341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141445     Document Type: Article

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