Type of feeding does not influence thyroid hormone levels in premature infants.
Thirty premature neonates (mean gestational age 31.8 +/- 3.90 weeks; mean birth weight 1569 +/- 236 g) were divided into three groups receiving breast milk, Robolact and Pre-Aptamil formula feeding. The infants with and without neonatal idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) were separately evaluated. No effect of the type of feeding and of a previously experienced IRDS on the blood T3-, T4-, and THS-levels could be demonstrated at the age of 6 weeks.
Adamovich
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Department of Paediatrics, County Hospital, Györ Hungary.
Horváth
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I
Károlyi
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Méhes
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K
D006801:Humans; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000097:blood*; D008895:Milk, Human; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood*
D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013972:Thyrotropin