Comparing the effects of ginger and metoclopramide on the treatment of pregnancy nausea

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 817-820

  Mohammadbeigi, Robabeh ^a   Shahgeibi, Sholeh ^a   Soufizadeh, Nasrin ^a   Rezaiie, Masoumeh ^a   Farhadifar, Fariba ^a  

^a KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ginger; Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy; Rhodes' index

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GINGER; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINGER; HUMANS; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NAUSEA; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82255162052     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.817.820     Document Type: Article

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