Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) supplementation in pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Thaver, D ^b   Saeed, M A ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Dietary supplements; Female; Humans; Pregnancy; Pregnancy outcome; Pyridoxine *administration dosage ; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARIES; ECLAMPSIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABOR; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOZENGE; NEUROPATHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXEMIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 42749105317     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000179.pub2     Document Type: Review

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