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June 24, 2012Journal of Human Lactation

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and Soluble VEGF Receptor 1 (sFlt-1) Levels in Early and Mature Human Milk from Mothers of Preterm versus Term Infants

A Loui Elisabeth J. Eilers Evelyn Strauß Anja Pohl-Schickinger Michael Obladen Petra Koehne

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It was shown for the first time that sFlt-1 is present in human milk. Early human milk contains high concentrations of VEGF and sFlt-1, which decrease over the course of lactation.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd5d55629747396240c512 https://doi.org/10.1177/0890334412447686

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