Probiotics: make little or no difference in patient rated symptoms for eczema
Vanessa Jordan
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1 New Zealand Cochrane Fellow, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Correspondence to: Vanessa Jordan. Email: v.jordan@auckland.ac.nz
Journal of Primary Health Care 10(4) 352-353 https://doi.org/10.1071/HC15938
Published: 19 December 2018
Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2018.
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