Growth factors in milk as mediators of infant development

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue , 1994, Pages 147-167

  Donovan, S M ^a   Odle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

epidermal growth factor; insulin; insulin like growth factors; intestine; neonate

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; RELAXIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; DRUG ACTIVITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0027963317     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nu.14.070194.001051     Document Type: Review

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