The preterm infant stomach actively degrades milk proteins with increasing breakdown across digestion time.

Veronique Demers-MathieuYunyao QuMark A UnderwoodDavid C Dallas

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2018)

Although preterm infants may digest human milk proteins to a lesser extent than term infants, we demonstrated that the preterm infant stomach actively degrades milk proteins with increasing breakdown over digestion time.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
preterm infants
human milk
preterm birth
gestational age