Treating pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting with ginger

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1710-1713

  Boone, Sarah A ^a   Shields, Kelly M ^a  

^a OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ginger; Nausea and vomiting; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GINGER EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFORMITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYRUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY; VOMITING;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; GINGER; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25844465695     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G086     Document Type: Review

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