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    Concentrations of Interleukin-10 in Preterm Milk

    Despite the protective effects of human milk against necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), the incidence of NEC is highest in the extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infant, and only minimally decreased with the feedi...

    C. F. Fituch, K. H. Palkowetz, N. Hurst in Integrating Population Outcomes, Biologica… (2002)

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    Transfer of Maternal Leukocytes to the Infant by Human Milk

    Human milk contains a complex immune system that consists not only of a host of soluble direct-acting antimicrobial agents (GOLDMAN and SMITH 1973), anti-in-flammatory factors (GOLDMAN et al. 1986), and immunomod...

    A. S. Goldman, R. M. Goldblum in Reproductive Immunology (1997)

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    Prostaglandin Metabolism

    Prostaglandins are 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids containing a cyclopentane ring and two side chains, and they are distinguished by their very potent biological activities. The basic skeleton, prostanoi...

    M. P. Goto, A. S. Goldman in Drug Toxicity in Embryonic Development I (1997)