Supplementation with Lactoferrin and Lysozyme Ameliorates Environmental Enteric Dysfunction: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 671-678

  Cheng, William D ^a,b   Wold, Karl J ^a   Bollinger, Lucy B ^a,c   Ordiz, M Isabel ^a   Shulman, Robert J ^d   Maleta, Kenneth M ^e   Manary, Mark J ^a,d,e   Trehan, Indi ^a,e,f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^f Lao Friends Hospital for Children   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERIC DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY EXCRETION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; TROPICAL SPRUE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LACTOFERRIN; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MURAMIDASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPRUE, TROPICAL;

EID: 85064326396     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000170     Document Type: Article

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