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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 94
Published: 09 June 2020
10.1159/000505578
EISBN: 978-3-318-06685-2
... the influence of breastfeeding on short-term immune outcomes, i.e. its effects while the infant is breastfed, and on long-term immune outcomes, i.e., months to years after breastfeeding has ceased (Fig.  1 ). Fig. 1. Short- and long-term effects of breast milk on immune outcomes. We can distinguish...
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Series: Frontiers in Diabetes
Volume: 28
Published: 03 January 2020
10.1159/000480175
EISBN: 978-3-318-06612-8
... to 86%), HIP is due to GDM [ 5 ]. The International Diabetes Federation estimated the annual rate of pregnancies complicated with HIP at approximately 16% among the 131 million births worldwide. Every year, over 21 million births are exposed to the short-term consequences associated with HIP, hitting...
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Series: Endocrine Development
Volume: 30
Published: 10 December 2015
10.1159/000439338
EISBN: 978-3-318-05637-2
... associated with sex steroid excess, and in randomized controlled trials involving boys with short stature and/or constitutional delay of puberty. Findings from these randomized trials suggest that potent aromatase inhibitors increase predicted height, but final adult height data are scarce. Moreover, several...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 82
Published: 02 November 2015
10.1159/000382005
EISBN: 978-3-318-05499-6
... Abstract In this review, I focus on the extreme of the short bowel syndrome where the loss of intestine is so great that patients cannot survive without intravenous feeding. This condition is termed short bowel intestinal failure. The review outlines the principles behind diagnosis, assessing...
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Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 113
Published: 17 April 2015
10.1159/000360339
EISBN: 978-3-318-02691-7
... Short bowel syndrome Intestinal adaptation Protracted diarrhea of infancy Parenteral nutrition Feeding, oral, enteral Breast milk Long-chain fatty acid-containing formulas Medium-chain triglycerides Hydrolyzed protein formulas Amino acid formulas Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth...
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Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 108
Published: 12 September 2013
10.1159/000351482
EISBN: 978-3-318-02457-9
... Abstract Maternal diet, nutritional status during pregnancy, and the early diet of the offspring play an important role in later health. The short- and long-term outcomes of early nutrition have been extensively studied in recent decades. One of the most commonly investigated nutritional...
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Series: Contributions to Nephrology
Volume: 181
Published: 13 May 2013
10.1159/000349976
EISBN: 978-3-318-02390-9
... Abstract Short-term complications of membranous nephropathy (MN) are important components of the process and their proper management can significantly alter the outcomes of patients with this disease. These complications vary from the non-specific ones associated with many types of chronic...
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Series: Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience
Volume: 31
Published: 07 March 2013
10.1159/000343256
EISBN: 978-3-318-02272-8
... Abstract Luigi Pirandello was an Italian playwright, novelist, short story writer, poet, and one of the leading dramatists of the twentieth century. Pirandello used his plays and short stories to express his life philosophy which included the irony and bitterness of self-deception. In his works...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 71
Published: 24 January 2013
10.1159/000342640
EISBN: 978-3-318-02270-4
... Abstract Although growth hormone (GH) therapy is virtually always effective in accelerating growth and restoring height potential to children with GH deficiency (GHD), the expansion of its use to a wide variety of other clinical disorders associated with short stature has resulted...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 71
Published: 24 January 2013
10.1159/000342646
EISBN: 978-3-318-02270-4
... to be growth that tracks along a growth percentile within the normal range, and is consistent with adult functioning within the normal range. Discussion of healthy growth recognizes that variation among individuals is normal, that much within-individual variation is self-limiting and reflects short-term...
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Series: Frontiers in Diabetes
Volume: 21
Published: 16 February 2012
10.1159/000334519
EISBN: 978-3-8055-9944-3
... Abstract Deficiency of the metabolic enzyme short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA (SCHAD) is a rare autosomal recessive form of congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy caused by mutations in the HADH gene on chromosome 4q. Most cases reported to date are from ethnicities where consanguineous marriages...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 68
Published: 06 October 2011
10.1159/000325665
EISBN: 978-3-8055-9746-3
..., the literature concerning the short- and long-term health effects of administering probiotics during early postnatal life, i.e. during the first weeks/months of life, both to preterm and term infants is summarized. For this purpose, the MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library databases were searched in September 2010...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 68
Published online: 01 July 2012
Published in print: 06 October 2011
10.1159/isbn.978-3-8055-9746-3
EISBN: 978-3-8055-9746-3
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 65
Published: 11 February 2010
10.1159/000281146
EISBN: 978-3-8055-9305-2
... not lose sight of the immediate health threats to children in resource-poor environments in developing countries where child morbidity and mortality remain high. The literature on short-term consequences of growth is limited by its focus on attained size as an indicator of prior nutritional status...
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Series: Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Volume: 13
Published: 13 October 2008
10.1159/000165986
EISBN: 978-3-8055-8658-0
... Abstract Birth length is shown to be the most important predictor of adult height (AH). There is a 7-fold higher risk ofshort AH in individuals born small for gestational age (SGA), and they comprise a third of children beingshort. Most short SGA children show a substantial improvement...
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Series: Monographs in Human Genetics
Volume: 17
Published: 02 October 2008
10.1159/000164846
EISBN: 978-3-8055-8654-2
... Abstract Short stature is a major feature of Noonan syndrome with a final height of around 2 SD below the normal mean. Puberty is delayed and the total duration of growth is prolonged. Low insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) serum levels and a mild increase of spontaneous growth hormone (GH...
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