Probiotic Safety in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Saccharomyces spp.

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 542-552

  Dugoua, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Machado, Marcio ^c   Zhu, Xu ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a,b   Einarson, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Lactobacillus; Pregnancy; Probiotics; Saccharomyces

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; ECZEMA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SACCHAROMYCES; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 70249088055     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34218-9     Document Type: Article

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