α-Lactalbumin-rich infant formula fed to healthy term infants in a multicenter study: Plasma essential amino acids and gastrointestinal tolerance

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1294-1301

  Davis, A M ^a   Harris, B J ^a   Lien, E L ^b   Pramuk, K ^a   Trabulsi, J ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTALBUMIN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 56349138102     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602848     Document Type: Article

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