Gut microbiota manipulation with prebiotics in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized controlled trial protocol

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lambert, Jennifer E ^a   Parnell, Jill A ^b   Eksteen, Bertus ^a,c   Raman, Maitreyi ^c   Bomhof, Marc R ^a   Rioux, Kevin P ^a,c   Madsen, Karen L ^d   Reimer, Raylene A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; Fibrosis; Gut microbiota; Prebiotic fiber; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FATTY LIVER; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATIETY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLICATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PREBIOTICS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949230612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-015-0400-5     Document Type: Article

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