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This review highlights how donor milk impacts growth in preterm infants, suggesting an important alternative to mother’s own milk.
Mother’s own milk is the preferred enteral nutrition in preterm infants. When this is not available, pasteurized human donor milk is a good alternative. In this review, we summarize the process of procuring and pasteurizing donor milk. We also describe how this process can impact the nutritional and bioactive components of human milk.
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