Formula feeding results in better growth and weight gain compared to donor breast milk in preterm and low birthweight infants, with a greater risk in necrotising enterocolitis.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Effects of Donor Human Milk and Formula Supplementation on Bone Metabolism and Clinical Outcomes in Preterm Infants Receiving Mother's Own Milk.Nutrients · 2025
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2. Impact of neonatal nutrition on necrotizing enterocolitis.Seminars in pediatric surgery · 2023
   Review
3. Improving donor human milk collection in a hospital without a human milk bank: a quality improvement initiative at an urban tertiary-care teaching hospital.BMJ open quality · 2021
   Article

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  Formula versus donor breast milk for feeding preterm or low birth weight infants.2019

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