The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 272-273 , April 2007

Probiotics

  • Maren Mayhew, MS, ANP, GNP

      Affiliations

    • Maren Mayhew, MS, ANP, GNP, is the author and editor of Pharmacology for Primary Care Providers, a textbook for nurse practitioners published by Mosby. This is a monthly column on medication news and controversies. Suggestions for topics are welcome.

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  5. Tong JL , Ran ZH , Shen J , Zhang CX , Xiao SD . Meta-analysis: the effect of supplementation with probiotics on eradication rates and adverse events during Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy . Aliment Pharmacol Ther . 2007;25(2):155–168

PII: S1555-4155(07)00126-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2007.02.013

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 272-273 , April 2007

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