Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 984-988 , October 2006

Effect of a probiotic food as an adjuvant to triple therapy for eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection in children

  • Cinthia G. Goldman, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Radioisotopes Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Laboratory of Stable Isotopes Applied to Biology and Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +54-11-4964-8202, ext. 33; fax: +54-11-4964-8204.
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  • Domingo A. Barrado, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Stable Isotopes Applied to Biology and Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Norma Balcarce, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital de niños “Superiora Sor María Ludovica”, La Plata, Argentina
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  • Eduardo Cueto Rua, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital de niños “Superiora Sor María Ludovica”, La Plata, Argentina
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  • Masaru Oshiro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Center Di Matteo, San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • María L. Calcagno, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Mathemathics Department, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Mariana Janjetic, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Stable Isotopes Applied to Biology and Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Julián Fuda

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Stable Isotopes Applied to Biology and Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Ricardo Weill, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Agrarian Industries Department, School of Agronomy, University of Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • María J. Salgueiro, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Radioisotopes Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Laboratory of Stable Isotopes Applied to Biology and Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Mauro E. Valencia, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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  • Marcela B. Zubillaga, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radioisotopes Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Laboratory of Stable Isotopes Applied to Biology and Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • José R. Boccio, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Stable Isotopes Applied to Biology and Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Received 10 March 2006 ,Accepted 11 June 2006.

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 This work was supported by Projects CRP E4.30.12 and ARCAL LIV-6042 from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, and Project UBACYT B077 from the University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PII: S0899-9007(06)00266-8

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2006.06.008

Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 984-988 , October 2006

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