Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants Fed Human Milk: A Systematic Review

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 69-83

  Lechner, Beatrice E ^a,b   Vohr, Betty R ^a,b  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Donor milk; Human milk; Neurodevelopmental; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL ACUITY; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MILK, HUMAN; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 85010755785     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2016.11.004     Document Type: Review

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