Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 61-73 , April 2007

Dilemmas Initiating Enteral Feedings in High Risk Infants: How Can They Be Resolved?

  • Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH, Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.106, Houston, TX 77030.
    • ,
  • Kathleen A. Kennedy, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX.
    • ,
  • Joseph F. Lucke, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX.
    • ,
  • Claudia Pedroza, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Houston, TX.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.02.008

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 61-73 , April 2007

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