A dietary intervention to improve the microbiome composition of pregnant women with Crohn's disease and their offspring: The MELODY (Modulating Early Life Microbiome through Dietary Intervention in Pregnancy) trial design

Crohn's disease (CD), a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is a chronic condition of the gastrointestinal tract that is caused by the loss of mucosal tolerance towards the commensal bacteria resulting in inflammatory responses. It has long been postulated that the gut microbiota, a compl...

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Main Authors: Inga Peter, Ana Maldonado-Contreras, Caroline Eisele, Christine Frisard, Shauna Simpson, Nilendra Nair, Alexa Rendon, Kelly Hawkins, Caitlin Cawley, Anketse Debebe, Leonid Tarassishin, Sierra White, Marla Dubinsky, Joanne Stone, Jose C Clemente, Joao Sabino, Joana Torres, Jianzhong Hu, Jean-Frederic Columbel, Barbara Olendzki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865420300570