Leukocyte Populations in Human Preterm and Term Breast Milk Identified by Multicolour Flow Cytometry.

Extremely preterm infants are highly susceptible to bacterial infections but breast milk provides some protection. It is unknown if leukocyte numbers and subsets in milk differ between term and preterm breast milk. This study serially characterised leukocyte populations in breast milk of mothers of...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Trend, Emma de Jong, Megan L Lloyd, Chooi Heen Kok, Peter Richmond, Dorota A Doherty, Karen Simmer, Foteini Kakulas, Tobias Strunk, Andrew Currie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4545889?pdf=render