Probiotics to prevent infantile colic

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Banks, Shel S C ^a   Thomas, Megan R ^a   Gordon, Morris ^b,c   Wallace, Chris ^c   Akobeng, Anthony K ^d,e  

^a BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SIDRA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Qatar)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INFANTILE COLIC; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85006307276     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012473     Document Type: Article

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