Infant feeding and allergy

Miskelly, F. G., Burr, Michael Leslie, Vaughan-Williams, E., Fehily, A. M., Butland, B. K. and Merrett, T. G. 1988. Infant feeding and allergy. Archives of Disease in Childhood 63 (4) , pp. 388-393.

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Abstract

The effect of withholding cows' milk was examined in 487 infants at high risk of allergic disease. Before birth they were randomly allocated either to a control group, most of whom received cows' milk preparations, or to an intervention group, who were offered a soya based substitute. Eczema and wheezing occurred to a similar extent in the two groups during the first year of life, although napkin rash, diarrhoea, and oral thrush were commoner in the intervention group, especially during the first three months. Breast feeding for any length of time was associated with a reduced incidence of wheezing and diarrhoea.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	0003-9888
Last Modified:	04 May 2016 03:08
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/62123

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