Effect of an α-lactalbumin-enriched infant formula with lower protein on growth

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Trabulsi, J ^a   Capeding, R ^b   Lebumfacil, J ^a   Ramanujam, K ^a   Feng, P ^a   McSweeney, S ^a   Harris, B ^a   DeRusso, P ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b Asian Hospital and Medical Center Muntinlupa   (Philippines)

Author keywords

lactalbumin; growth; human milk; infant formula; Protein; weight gain

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; CREATININE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NITROGEN; TRYPTOPHAN; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; LACTALBUMIN; MALE; SERUM ALBUMIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79651468832     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.236     Document Type: Article

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