title: Feeding the premature and compromised infant: gastrointestinal considerations.
abstract: We have presented the current concepts of gastrointestinal ontogeny--the various factors governing the ontogeny of the gastrointestinal tract and the interaction and intricate relationship between different determinants. It is only through a better understanding of the development of the gut and the various factors affecting it that pediatric gastroenterologists are able to design nutritional support strategies for managing very young and compromised neonates.
authors.affiliation: International Institute for Infant Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Disease, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lebenthal
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D004064:Digestive System / Q000196:embryology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development*; D004068:Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D006801:Humans; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D007408:Intestinal Absorption