Avoiding Postnatal Growth Retardation by Individualized Fortification of Breast Milk: Implications for Somatic and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

Christoph Fusch, Christoph Fusch

No abstract available

Keywords: fortification; human milk; variation.

Conflict of interest statement

No competing financial interests exist.

Figures

FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Postnatal growth restriction in very low birth weight infants. Adapted from Ehrenkranz et al., 1999.
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FIG. 2.
Inter- and intraindividual variation in breast milk samples.
FIG. 3.
FIG. 3.
Target fortification of breast milk leads to predictable growth (a,b). 3a is modified from Rochow et al., 2013.

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