Open AccessIs Mother’s Own Milk Lactoferrin Intake Associated with Reduced Neonatal Sepsis, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, and Death?
Author(s) -
Theresa J. Ochoa,
Karina Mendoza,
César Cárcamo,
Jaime Zegarra,
Sicilia Bellomo,
Jan Jacobs,
Veerle Cossey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1661-7819
pISSN - 1661-7800
DOI - 10.1159/000505663
Subject(s) - necrotizing enterocolitis , medicine , sepsis , lactoferrin , biology , genetics
Lactoferrin (LF) is a protective protein present in milk with anti-infective and immune-modulating properties.