Differences in circulating carnitine status of preterm infants fed fortified human milk or preterm infant formula

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 673-676

  Bene, Judit ^a   Komlósi, Katalin ^a   Melegh, Bela I ^a   Decsi, Tamás ^a   Koletzko, Berthold ^b   Sauerwald, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

carnitine ester profile; human milk; mass spectrometry; premature infant; preterm infant formula

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARNITINE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84888136531     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31829fad06     Document Type: Article

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