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Response to oral administration of pteroylmonoglutamic acid or pteroylpolyglutamate in newborn infants of low birth weight*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Pamela D. Samuel
Affiliation:
The Clinical InvestiBation Unit, Glaxo Laboratories, Greenford, Middlesex
W. L. Burland
Affiliation:
The Clinical InvestiBation Unit, Glaxo Laboratories, Greenford, Middlesex
K. Simpson
Affiliation:
Paediatric Department, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester
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Abstract

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1. Newborn infants of low birth weight absorb both pteroylmonoglutamic acid and pteroylpolyglutamate.

2. There was a significant fall in serum folate concentrations during the first 14 d of life in these infants, but a daily supplement of 50 μg pteroylmonoglutamic acid or pteroylpolyglutamate was sufficient to prevent the development of subnormal serum folate concentrations.

Type
Clinical and Human Nutrition
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1973

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