Positive Effect of Human Milk Feeding during NICU Hospitalization on 24 Month Neurodevelopment of Very Low Birth Weight Infants: An Italian Cohort Study

• Dino Gibertoni,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Unit of Hygiene and Biostatistics—University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Luigi Corvaglia ,

  * E-mail: luigi.corvaglia@unibo.it

  Affiliation Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Silvia Vandini,

  Affiliation Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Paola Rucci,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Unit of Hygiene and Biostatistics—University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Silvia Savini,

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Rosina Alessandroni,

  Affiliation Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Alessandra Sansavini,

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Maria Pia Fantini,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Unit of Hygiene and Biostatistics—University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Giacomo Faldella

  Affiliation Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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