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Effect of Human Hind Milk on Preterm Infant Growth

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Protecting Infants through Human Milk

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 554))

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Premature infants are a vulnerable population due to their high energy requirements and scarce nutritional reserves. Feeding of premature infants is a priority in neonatal nutrition; the goal is for their growth to approach intrauterine rates in order to maximize their development.

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  1. Unidad de Investigación Médica en Nutrición, Hospital de Pediatría, C.M.N. Siglo XXI. Apartado postal C-029, C.S.P.I. “Coahuila”, Coahuila No 5, col. Roma, México, D.F., 06703, Mexico

    Mariela Bernabe-García & Eduardo Rangel-Baltazar

  2. Servicio de Prematuros, Hospital de Gineco-obstetricia “Luis Castelazo Ayala”, Mexico

    Ignacia Cisneros-Silva

  3. Unidad de Investigación Médica en Epidemiología Clínica, Hospital de Pediatría, C. M. N. Siglo XXI, Mexico

    María Luisa Cuevas-Urióstegui

  4. División de Salud del Niño y del Adolescente, IMSS, Mexico

    Samuel Flores-Huerta

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Larry K. Pickering MD

  2. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Ardythe L. Morrow PhD

  3. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Mexico City, Mexico

    Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios MD

  4. Schneider Children’s Hospital at North Shore, Manhasset, New York, USA

    Richard J. Schanler MD

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Bernabe-García, M., Cisneros-Silva, I., Rangel-Baltazar, E., Cuevas-Urióstegui, M.L., Flores-Huerta, S. (2004). Effect of Human Hind Milk on Preterm Infant Growth. In: Pickering, L.K., Morrow, A.L., Ruiz-Palacios, G.M., Schanler, R.J. (eds) Protecting Infants through Human Milk. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 554. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4242-8_44

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