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Efficacy of partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG) supplemented modified oral rehydration solution in the treatment of severely malnourished children with watery diarrhoea: a randomised double-blind controlled trial

OBJECTIVES: To examine whether PHGG added ORS reduce duration of diarrhoea, stool output and enhance weight gain. METHODS: In a double-blind controlled clinical trial, 126 malnourished children (weight for length/weight for age < −3 Z-score with or without pedal edema), aged 6 – 36 months with ac...

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Autores principales: Alam, Nur Haque, Ashraf, Hasan, Kamruzzaman, Mohammad, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Islam, Sufia, Olesen, Maryam Kadjar, Gyr, Niklaus, Meier, Remy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5026008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26825757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41043-015-0003-3