Probiotics for preterm infants?

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2001 • 2,461 citations

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2002 • 2,292 citations

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1994 • 430 citations

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2002 • 348 citations

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1996 • 348 citations

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1988 • 318 citations

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1993 • 248 citations

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1984 • 202 citations

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2002 • 197 citations

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1998 • 190 citations

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1997 • 179 citations

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1999 • 172 citations

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1996 • 151 citations

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1994 • 69 citations

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2002 • 63 citations

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1989 • 63 citations

Occurrence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis May Be Dependent on Patterns of Bacterial Adherence and Intestinal Colonization: Studies in Caco-2 Tissue Culture and Weanling Rabbit Models

1994 • 63 citations

Oligofructose and experimental model of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis

2002 • 62 citations

Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Possible Role of Probiotic Supplementation

2000 • 62 citations

Stimulation of Immunity by Probiotics

1997 • 60 citations

Role of Nutrients and Bacterial Colonization in the Development of Intestinal Host Defense

2000 • 58 citations

Use of competitive exclusion to protect newly‐hatched chicks against intestinal colonisation and invasion bysalmonella enteritidisPT4

1992 • 52 citations

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1971 • 52 citations

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1992 • 50 citations

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2001 • 49 citations

Does probiotics administration decrease serum endotoxin levels in infants?

1999 • 48 citations

Escherichia coli Transcytosis in a Caco-2 Cell Model: Implications in Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis1

1996 • 42 citations

Review articleIntestinal microflora of human infants and current trends for its nutritional modulation

2002 • 40 citations

Modulation of a specific humoral immune response and changes in intestinal flora mediated through fermented milk intake

1994 • 33 citations

Multiple Infections among Newborns Resulting from Colonization withStaphylococcus aureus502A

1969 • 32 citations

An Uncommon and Often Overlooked Cause of Failure to Thrive: Diencephalic Syndrome

2000 • 32 citations

Probiotics and antibiotics in inflammatory bowel disease

2001 • 31 citations

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1999 • 23 citations

Interaction of Microorganisms, Epithelium, and Lymphoid Cells of the Mucosa‐Associated Lymphoid Tissue

1998 • 22 citations

Probiotics in young and newborn animals

1998 • 20 citations

The role of infection in necrotising enterocolitis

2001 • 19 citations

Adverse Host Responses to Bacterial Toxins in Human Infants

2000 • 17 citations

AN ENHANCED BARRIER IS A BETTER DEFENSE: EFFECTS OF PROBIOTICS ON INTESTINAL BARRIER FUNCTION

2002 • 14 citations

The story of live human intestinal bacteria administered orally as a remedy

1995 • 6 citations

Multiple Infections among Newborns Resulting from Colonization with Staphylococcus Aureus 502A

1958 • 1 citations