The Revolution of Breast Milk: The Multiple Role of Human Milk Banking Between Evidence and Experience-A Narrative Review

Overview

Journal Int J Pediatr

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2021 Feb 24

PMID 33623528

Citations 6

Authors

Pasqua Anna Quitadamo

Giuseppina Palumbo

Liliana Cianti

Paola Lurdo

Maria Assunta Gentile

Antonio Villani

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Abstract

The review recalls the importance of breast milk and deepens the theme of human milk banking, a virtuous reality that is expanding all over the world but is still little known. In the last 15 years, modern biological technologies have crystallized the concept of uniqueness and irreproducibility of human milk, by establishing three new principles: first: human milk: a "life-saving" drug; second: human milk: the best food for preterm infants; and third: human milk: the main component of premature infant care. Our experience teaches us that human milk banking plays many roles that need to be known and shared.

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