Human milk and neurodevelopment in children with very low birth weight: A systematic review

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Koo, Winston ^a   Tank, Surinder ^a   Martin, Sandra ^b   Shi, Runhua ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Shiffman Medical Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Donor milk; Human; Milk; Neurodevelopment or cognitive function; Preterm; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84908215870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-94     Document Type: Review

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