Effects of probiotic lactobacillus reuteri (DSM 17938) on the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight premature infants

Iranian Journal of Neonatology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 15-20

  Shadkam, Mahmoud Nouri ^a   Jalalizadeh, Fatemeh ^b   Nasiriani, Khadijeh ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lac tobacillus reuteri; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Probiotic; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

DISTILLED WATER; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING; FEEDING TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84980053083     PISSN: 22517510     EISSN: 23222158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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