Positive effect of human milk feeding during NICU hospitalization on 24 month neurodevelopment of very low birth weight infants: an Italian cohort study.

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of human milk feeding during NICU hospitalization on neurodevelopment at 24 months of corrected age in very low birth weight infants. A cohort of 316 very low birth weight newborns (weight ≤ 1500 g) was prospectively enrolled in a follow-up program o...

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Main Authors: Dino Gibertoni, Luigi Corvaglia, Silvia Vandini, Paola Rucci, Silvia Savini, Rosina Alessandroni, Alessandra Sansavini, Maria Pia Fantini, Giacomo Faldella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4295863?pdf=render