Abstract

Background: Breast-fed preterm and low birth weight (LBW) infants show a better outcome partly ascribed to the benefit of insulin-like growth factors. There was much debate whether orally ingested insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) can survive luminal digestion and affect growth parameters. Using a prospective cohort study, we investigated the relationship between postnatal growth of LBW …

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