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Enteral lactoferrin supplementation for very preterm infants: a randomised placebo-controlled trial
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Background
Infections acquired in hospital are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in very preterm infants. Several small trials have suggested that supplementing the enteral diet of very preterm infants with lactoferrin, an antimicrobial protein processed from cow’s milk, prevents infections and associated complications.
Methods
In this randomised, placebo-controlled trial, very preterm infants (born before 32 weeks’ gestation) in 37 UK hospitals were a...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32221-9
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Lancet More from this journal
- Volume:
- 393
- Issue:
- 10170
- Pages:
- 423-433
- Publication date:
- 2019-01-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-05
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
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pubs:938965
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uuid:3cf9284f-9061-40d2-837a-1e1d7cef8c3d
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938965
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2018-11-07
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- Copyright holder:
- ELFIN trial investigators group
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license
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