Magaña GM, Reyes VH

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 202-205
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ABSTRACT

We present the case of a couple of female twins who were breast fed for only two months, and were wean at age of three months. One of them developed a severe atopic dermatitis. We review the hypothetical protective role that breast feeding may have for atopic dermatitis; with particular strengthen on the restriction diet that mothers with high risk should follow and the need to improve this diet with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.

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