Pregnancy outcomes in women taking probiotics or prebiotics: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Jarde, Alexander ^a   Lewis Mikhael, Anne Mary ^a   Moayyedi, Paul ^a   Stearns, Jennifer C ^b   Collins, Stephen M ^b   Beyene, Joseph ^a   McDonald, Sarah D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Prebiotics; Pregnancy; Preterm birth; Probiotics; Synbiotics

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY;

DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREBIOTICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85040374800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1629-5     Document Type: Article

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