Transplantation of maternal intestinal flora to the newborn after elective cesarean section (SECFLOR): study protocol for a double blinded randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Noora Carpén (Author), Petter Brodin (Author), Willem M. de Vos (Author), Anne Salonen (Author), Kaija-Leena Kolho (Author), Sture Andersson (Author), Otto Helve (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background A complication of elective cesarean section (CS) delivery is its interference with the normal intestinal colonization of the infant, affecting the immune and metabolic signaling in early life- a process that has been associated with long-term morbidity, such as allergy and diabet...