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International Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 612403, 14 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/612403
Review Article
Role of Antidiarrhoeal Drugs as Adjunctive Therapies for Acute Diarrhoea in Children
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada
Received 25 October 2012; Revised 2 January 2013; Accepted 2 January 2013
Academic Editor: Catherine Bollard
Copyright © 2013 Christophe Faure. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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