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The relationship between spermine content of human milk during the first postnatal month and allergy in children
O Peulen1, W Dewé, G Dandrifosse
1Department of Biochemistry and General Physiology, Institute of Chemistry, University of Liege, Belgium.
Design:
Qualitative case study and mathematical model.
Setting:
Belgium.
Objectives:
To evaluate the correlation between the polyamine mean concentration of the milk drunk during the first postnatal month and the appearance of allergy in children who drank this milk.
Results:
A model that describes the dependence of the allergy appearance with the spermine mean concentration of milk drunk during the first postnatal month was established.
Conclusions:
This model shows that 5.02 nmol ml(-1) of spermine is a critical value to prevent the appearance of allergy.
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