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Stool sugar and ph in term breast fed neonates

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Stool samples from 58, exclusively breast milk fed, term neonates were, examined for first seven days of life, for pH and reducing substances. Stool pH >7 and sugar >0.5% were not recorded in any neonate. On fourth day of life pH stool was <6 in 43.1°, and sugar >0.1% in 60.35% of the neonates. No detectable sugar was found in 82.7% of neonates, on seventh day of life.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner(Rajasthan)

    A. P. Gupta

  2. Department of Obst. & Gynec, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner(Rajasthan)

    A. P. Gupta, A. Gupta & R. K. Vyas

  3. Raj Medicals Opposite General Hospital Udaipur, Rajasthan

    A. Gupta

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Gupta, A.P., Gupta, A. & Vyas, R.K. Stool sugar and ph in term breast fed neonates. Indian J Pediatr 49, 803–805 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02976971

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