XXXX in @entity8693 . A retrospective analysis of the influence of early breast- vs bottle-feeding.

@entity1 @entity409 @entity8693 @entity204
We identified @entity1 with @entity8693 from the medical records of the Massachusetts General Hospital and @entity1 's Hospital, Boston, and investigated their early feeding history. Between 1969 and 1983, forty @entity1 with the deficiency were seen at one or both hospitals. Clinical information was obtained from hospital records and from questionnaires mailed to the parents. Complete morbidity, mortality, and early feeding data were obtained for 32 of the @entity1 who were born at 38 to 42 weeks' gestation and whose weights were appropriate for gestational age. We compared the presence of severe @entity409 and the death rate of those who had been exclusively breast-fed for one month with those who had been bottle-fed. Severe @entity409 was present in eight (40%) of bottle-fed and one (8%) of breast-fed @entity1 . Twenty-four of the 32 @entity1 were still alive at the termination of the study; 12 had been breast-fed and 12 bottle-fed during their first month of life. All eight deceased @entity1 had been bottle-fed. The mortality rate in the bottle-fed group was significantly greater than that of the breast-fed group. Our study suggests that breast-feeding may offer some protection against severe @entity409 and @entity204 in @entity1 with @entity8693 .
