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Early limited formula for breastfeeding infants: too much or just enough?

Journal of Perinatology volume 39, pages 1149–1152 (2019)Cite this article

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Manuscript citation: Flaherman VJ, Narayan NR, Hartigan-O’Connor D, Cabana MD, McCulloch CE, Paul IM. The Effect of Early Limited Formula on Breastfeeding, Readmission, and Intestinal Microbiota: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Pediatr. 2018 May;196:84-90.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.12.073. Epub 2018 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 29550235 [1].

Among term, singleton newborns with weight loss ≥75th percentile on The Newborn Weight Tool, do those supplemented with early limited formula, when compared with those who continue exclusive breastfeeding, have longer duration of breastfeeding, fewer readmissions, and/or demonstrate no changes to intestinal microbiota, at 1 week and 1 month of age?

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    Miren B. Dhudasia, Dustin D. Flannery & Sagori Mukhopadhyay

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Dhudasia, M.B., Flannery, D.D. & Mukhopadhyay, S. Early limited formula for breastfeeding infants: too much or just enough?. J Perinatol 39, 1149–1152 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0419-5

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