About the Authors

Nada Ghoneim

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

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

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

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

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

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Irving J. Zamora

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

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

Affiliation Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute, Evansville, Indiana, United States of America

Anja Wittke

Affiliation Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute, Evansville, Indiana, United States of America

Douglas G. Burrin

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.