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. 2016 Jul 25;9:25. doi: 10.1186/s40413-016-0116-1

Table 8.

Top 10 cited articles on probiotics in pediatrics (2008–2014) [5362]

SCR Authors Title Year Source title Cited by
1st Neu & Walker [61] Necrotizing enterocolitis 2011 New England Journal of Medicine 412
2nd Van Assche et al. [62] The second European evidence-based Consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn’s disease: Special situations 2010 Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis 382
3rd Kalliomäki et al. [57] Early differences in fecal microbiota composition in children may predict overweight 2008 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 340
4th Agostoni et al. [53] Enteral nutrient supply for preterm infants: Commentary from the european society of paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition committee on nutrition 2010 Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 328
5th Macfarlane et al. [59] Bacterial metabolism and health-related effects of galacto-oligosaccharides and other prebiotics 2008 Journal of Applied Microbiology 283
6th Deshpande et al. [55] Updated meta-analysis of probiotics for preventing necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm neonates 2010 Pediatrics 274
7th Hsiao et al. [56] Microbiota modulate behavioral and physiological abnormalities associated with neurodevelopmental disorders 2013 Cell 269
8th Maslowski & MacKay [60] Diet, gut microbiota and immune responses 2011 Nature Immunology 261
9th Lin et al. [58] Oral probiotics prevent necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight preterm infants: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled trial 2008 Pediatrics 235
10th Arslanoglu et al. [54] Early dietary intervention with a mixture of prebiotic oligosaccharides reduces the incidence of allergic manifestations and infections during the first 2 years of life 2008 Journal of Nutrition 227

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