About the Authors
- Nada Ghoneim
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Affiliation Section of Neonatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Caroline Bauchart-Thevret
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Berthe Oosterloo
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Barbara Stoll
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Madhulika Kulkarni
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Affiliation Section of Neonatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Miguel Saenz de Pipaon
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Affiliation Department of Neonatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
- Irving J. Zamora
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Affiliation Texas Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Oluyinka O. Olutoye
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Affiliation Texas Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Brian Berg
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Affiliation Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute, Evansville, Indiana, United States of America
- Anja Wittke
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Affiliation Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute, Evansville, Indiana, United States of America
- Douglas G. Burrin
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* E-mail: dburrin@bcm.edu
Affiliations United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors also want to confirm that the fact that some authors of the manuscript are employees of Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute which partially supported the research reported in the article, does not alter the adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BS DB BB AW. Performed the experiments: NG BS BO MK MSP OO IZ DB. Analyzed the data: CBT NG BO BS MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB AW. Wrote the paper: NG CBT BS DB. Were involved in review of the final manuscript and gave approval on behalf of Mead Johnson Nutrition since they provided partial support for the project: BB AW.