A pinch of salt to enhance preemie growth?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. steflikh@musc.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Center for Perinatal Research, Nationwide Childrens Hospital; Departments of Pediatrics, Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

Editorial

Heidi J Steflik et al. J Perinatol. 2025 Mar.

. 2025 Mar;45(3):295-297.

doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02174-0. Epub 2024 Nov 20.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. steflikh@musc.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Center for Perinatal Research, Nationwide Childrens Hospital; Departments of Pediatrics, Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Stephen A. Pearlman is Associate Editor, Journal of Perinatology. Patrick Gallagher is Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Perinatology.

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