Infantile colic, facts and fiction

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kheir, Abdelmoneim E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Baby; Colic; Crying; Infant

Indexed keywords

CIMETROPIUM; DICYCLOVERINE; GLUCOSE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SIMETHICONE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; COLIC; CRYING; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE COLIC; LABORATORY TEST; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MILK; PARENTHOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REASSURANCE; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; TEA; NEWBORN; RETRACTED ARTICLE;

COLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84991272311     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-38-34     Document Type: Article

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