Maternal milk in the NICU: An everyday intervention to improve brain development

Affiliations

¹ Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. stephanie.merhar@cchmc.org.
² Department of Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Stephanie L Merhar et al. Pediatr Res. 2024 Jul.

. 2024 Jul;96(1):27-29.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03125-3. Epub 2024 Mar 4.

¹ Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. stephanie.merhar@cchmc.org.
² Department of Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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