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. 2016 Jul;63(1):103-5.
doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001142.

Additional Protein Fortification Is Necessary in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants Fed Human Milk

Jean-Charles Picaud  1 , Nellie Houeto, Rachel Buffin, Claire-Marie Loys, Isabelle Godbert, Stephane Haÿs
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Additional Protein Fortification Is Necessary in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants Fed Human Milk

Jean-Charles Picaud et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

In the present study, approximately one in three (49/152, 32.2%) extremely low-birth-weight infants were demonstrated to require additional protein intake to supplement the standard fortification to achieve satisfactory weight gain. This additional protein fortification also resulted in a rapid increase in length-for-age (P < 0.001) and head circumference-for-age (P = 0.02) z scores.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02515266.

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