Characteristics of the Intestinal Microbiota in Very Low Birth Weight Infants With Extrauterine Growth Restriction

• Main Authors: Hongping Li (Author), Zhijiang He (Author), Di Gao (Author), Yuanhong Lv (Author), Queyun Zhou (Author), Bin Xiao (Author), Weimin Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Objective: Very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, which experience significant postnatal growth restriction at the time of discharge, are at high risk of later growth failure and long-term consequences. This study aims to characterize the structure of intestinal microbiome community in VLBW infants w...