The protective effect of breast feeding in relation to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): II. The effect of human milk and infant formula preparations on binding of Clostridium perfringens to epithelial cells

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 167-173

  Gordon, Ann E ^a   Saadi, Abdulrahman T ^a   MacKenzie, Doris A C ^a   James, Valerie S ^a   Elton, Robert A ^a   Weir, Donald M ^a   Busuttil, Anthony ^a   Blackwell, C Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Clostridium perfringens; Infant formula; Lewis antigen; SIDS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CELL ADHESION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BREAST FEEDING; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MILK, HUMAN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032981657     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00085-1     Document Type: Article

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