Soy infant formula: Is it that bad?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-166

  Vandenplas, Yvan ^a   De Greef, Elisabeth ^a   Devreker, Thierry ^a   Hauser, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cow milk allergy; Lactase; Phytate; Phytooestrogen; Soy infant formula

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALUMINUM; COUMESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ISOFLAVONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHYTATE; PHYTOESTROGEN; RAFFINOSE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; STACHHYOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GALACTOSEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; MEDLINE; MILK ALLERGY; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; GALACTOSEMIAS; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTASE; PHYTOESTROGENS; SOY MILK;

EID: 78651378635     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.02021.x     Document Type: Review

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