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Sooner or later: does early human milk fortification improve outcomes?

Journal of Perinatology volume 38, pages 311–314 (2018)Cite this article

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Manuscript citation: Shah SD, Dereddy N, Jones TL, Dhanireddy R, Talati AJ. Early versus delayed human milk fortification in very low birth weight infants-a randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr. 2016;174:126–31.e1. PMID: 27112041

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    Elizabeth V. Schulz, Heidi J. Murphy & Sarah N. Taylor

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Schulz, E.V., Murphy, H.J. & Taylor, S.N. Sooner or later: does early human milk fortification improve outcomes?. J Perinatol 38, 311–314 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-017-0013-7

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