Standardizing feeding strategies in preterm infants with birth weight >1500 g: current perspective
Abhay Lodha1,2,3
1Section of Newborn Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Community Health Sciences and Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. aklodha@ucalgary.ca.
Pediatric Research
|October 21, 2024
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