Aggressive Nutrition of the Preterm Infant

Current Pediatrics Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 229-239

  Hay, William W ^a  

^a Perinatal Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive nutrition; Enteral feeding; Neonate; Postnatal growth restriction; Preterm; Total parenteral feeding (TPN)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85124756146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21674841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40124-013-0026-4     Document Type: Article

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