Probiotics for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2017, Pages

  Huang, Ruixue ^a   Ning, Huacheng ^a   Shen, Minxue ^b   Li, Jie ^b   Zhang, Jianglin ^b   Chen, Xiang ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Constipation; Meta analysis; Probiotics; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; META ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ASIA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85031500349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00392     Document Type: Article

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