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. 1980 Mar;96(3 Pt 2):528-34.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(80)80861-4.

Osteopenia of prematurity: the cause and possible treatment

J J Steichen, T L Gratton, R C Tsang

Osteopenia of prematurity: the cause and possible treatment

J J Steichen et al. J Pediatr. 1980 Mar.

Abstract

By photon absorptiometry, extrauterine bone mineralization in low-birth-weight infants fed a standard commercial formula lags significantly behind intrauterine bone mineralization. In the present study, infants of 28- to 32-week and 33- to 35-week gestational age were studied. The calcium content in a standard formula was increased to provide a daily calcium intake of 220 to 250 mg/kg/day. Phosphate intake was 110 to 125 mg/kg/day. Extrauterine bone mineralization by photon absorptiometry appeared to approximate the intrauterine bone mineralization rate.

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