Is it time to stop starving premature infants?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 399-400

  Neu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; STARVATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 66749141421     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.46     Document Type: Editorial

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