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Editorial
. 2022 Sep 2;19(17):10957.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710957.

Nutrition Support Practices for Infants Born <750 Grams or <25 Weeks Gestation: A Call for More Research

Melissa Thoene  1 , Ann Anderson-Berry  1
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Editorial

Nutrition Support Practices for Infants Born <750 Grams or <25 Weeks Gestation: A Call for More Research

Melissa Thoene et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

With advances in medical care and efforts to care for continually smaller and younger preterm infants, the gestational age of viability has decreased, including as young as 21 or 22 weeks of gestation [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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