Changes in the choline content of human breast milk in the first 3 weeks after birth

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 198-204

  Holmes, H C ^a,b   Snodgrass, G J A I ^b   Iles, R A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betaine; Breast milk; Choline; Neonate; NMR

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG MILK LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MILK; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0034057185     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050050     Document Type: Article

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