Lactobacillus reuteri to treat infant colic: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Sung, Valerie ^a,n   D'Amico, Frank ^b,c   Cabana, Michael D ^d   Chau, Kim ^e   Koren, Gideon ^e   Savino, Francesco ^f   Szajewska, Hania ^g   Deshpande, Girish ^h   Dupont, Christophe ⁱ   Indrio, Flavia ^j   Mentula, Silja ^k   Partty, Anna ^l   Tancredi, Daniel ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St Margaret Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^k NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLIC; CRYING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL PAIN; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; COLIC; CRYING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; PROBIOTICS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85040032347     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-1811     Document Type: Review

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