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COMMENTARY: Searching for biomarkers and regulators of growth in very preterm infants with new fortifiers

Pediatric Research (2024)Cite this article

In this issue of Pediatric Research Holgerson et al. report measurements of plasma glucose-regulatory hormones in 225 very preterm infants (VPIs) showing that these hormone levels were minimally affected by a novel bovine colostrum fortifier and did not seem to be appropriate biomarkers of early postnatal growth for individual VPIs.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, President of the Southeastern Association of Neonatologists, Louisville, KY, USA

    David H. Adamkin

  2. University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

    William W. Hay Jr

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Adamkin, D.H., Hay, W.W. COMMENTARY: Searching for biomarkers and regulators of growth in very preterm infants with new fortifiers. Pediatr Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-024-03267-4

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