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Malnutrition is a well known cause of secondary immunodeficiency1. Many immunologic abnormalities have been found in infants following intrauterine malnutrition2 which may persist for months or years, leading to higher morbidity and mortality2,3. As far as we know, there are few reports in the literature describing the effect of early-protein post-natal malnutrition on the immune response. Post-natal malnutrition is more frequently encountered now with the survival of very low-birth weight (LBW) neonates and an extensive research has been directed towards their nutritional requirements. Fortification of human milk with proteins has been suggested during the last years in feeding LBW infants4,5
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Kokinopoulos, D., Photopoulos, S., Varvarigou, N., Kafegidakis, L., Xanthou, M. (1991). The Effect of Human Milk, Protein-Fortified Human Milk and Formula on Immunologic Factors of Newborn Infants. In: Mestecky, J., Blair, C., Ogra, P.L. (eds) Immunology of Milk and the Neonate. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 310. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3838-7_8
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