Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics in childhood diarrhea
Abstract Acute diarrhea is the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality attributed to infections in children under five years of age worldwide, with 1.7 million annual estimated cases and more than 500,000 deaths. Although hydroelectrolytic replacement is the gold standard in treating diarrhe...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2024-04-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2024000100302&lng=en&tlng=en |