Randomized controlled trial of probiotics for the prevention of spontaneous preterm delivery associated with intrauterine infection: Study protocol

Reproductive Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Krauss Silva, Leticia ^a   Moreira, Maria Elizabeth L ^a   Alves, Mariane B ^a,b   Rezende, Maria R ^a   Braga, Alcione ^c   Camacho, Karla G ^a   Batista, Maria Rosa R ^a   Savastano, Clarisse ^a   Almada Horta, Antonio ^b   Guerra, Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c PROCEP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GR 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RC 14; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINITIS;

EID: 77954080809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-7-14     Document Type: Article

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