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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018; 78(09): 846-852
DOI: 10.1055/a-0674-6275
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Mutterkuchen – mal versuchen? Humane maternale Plazentophagie: möglicher Nutzen und potenzielle Risiken

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Sophia K. Johnson
1   Plazenta-Labor, Klinik für Geburtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
,
Jana Pastuschek
1   Plazenta-Labor, Klinik für Geburtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
,
Jürgen Rödel
2   Institut für klinische Mikrobiologie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
,
Udo R. Markert
1   Plazenta-Labor, Klinik für Geburtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
,
Tanja Groten
1   Plazenta-Labor, Klinik für Geburtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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received 24 April 2018
revised 07 August 2018

accepted 09 August 2018

Publication Date:
14 September 2018 (online)

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Correction: Placenta – Worth Trying? Human Maternal Placentophagy: Possible Benefit and Potential RisksGeburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018; 78(09): e1-e1
DOI: 10.1055/a-0753-5753

Zusammenfassung

Die Einnahme der eigenen Plazenta durch die Mutter als individuelles Heilmittel im Wochenbett ist zurückzuführen auf historische, traditionelle Anwendungen in abendländischer und asiatischer komplementärer Medizin. In dieser Übersichtsarbeit wurden mittels Literaturrecherche sowohl die möglichen Risiken (Spurenelemente, Mikroorganismen) als auch möglicher Nutzen (Hormone im Plazentagewebe) erfasst, um die Einnahme der verarbeiteten Plazenta als Heilmittel im Wochenbett zu bewerten.

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Plazenta - Wochenbett - postpartal - Entbindung - Placentophagy
 

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