Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 74-82 , April 2007

Enteral Intake for Very Low Birth Weight Infants: What Should the Composition Be?

  • Sudha Kashyap, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sudha Kashyap, MD, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.02.004

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 74-82 , April 2007

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