Probiotics for the prevention of allergy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 952-961

  Cuello Garcia, Carlos A ^a,c   Brozek, Jan L ^a,b   Fiocchi, Alessandro ^d   Pawankar, Ruby ^e   Yepes Nuñez, Juan José ^a,f   Terracciano, Luigi ^g   Gandhi, Shreyas ^b,h   Agarwal, Arnav ^b,h   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Schünemann, Holger J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergy; prevention; probiotics systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK;

ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICROBIOTA; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK;

EID: 84943455801     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.04.031     Document Type: Article

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