Probiotics and the development of very low birthweight infants: follow-up study of a randomised trial

• Main Authors: Satoshi Kusuda (Author), Satsuki Totsu (Author), Masaki Terahara (Author), Takeo Kasai (Author), Hirokazu Arai (Author), Maki Sato (Author), Niro Ujiie (Author), Tsutomu Kawahara (Author), Tsutomu Isii (Author), Junichi Arai (Author), Atsushi Baba (Author), Kinuko Kojima (Author), Junya Onozuka (Author), Hiroaki Imamura (Author), Yoshinori Kono (Author), Takahiro Sugiura (Author), Sumio Fukuda (Author), Takahide Yanagi (Author), Sayuri Nakahara (Author), Shinichiro Tanaka (Author), Hitoshi Awakuni (Author), Fumihide Kato (Author), Shinichi Watabe (Author), Akihito Takahashi (Author), Moriharu Sugimoto (Author), Yutaka Kawamoto (Author), Mikihiro Aoki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective To investigate the effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum OLB6378 on the development of very low birthweight (VLBW) infants at 18 months of corrected age.Design Long-term follow-up study of a cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial.Patients VLBW infants (birth weight <1500 g) b...