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The relationship between spermine content of human milk during the first postnatal month and allergy in children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1998

Olivier Peulen ,
Walthère Dewé ,
Guy Dandrifosse ,
Isabelle Henrotay  and
Nadine Romain
Olivier Peulen
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and General Physiology, Institute of Chemistry B6c, University of Liege, B4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
Walthère Dewé
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Institute of Pathology, University of Liege, B4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
Guy Dandrifosse*
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and General Physiology, Institute of Chemistry B6c, University of Liege, B4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
Isabelle Henrotay
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and General Physiology, Institute of Chemistry B6c, University of Liege, B4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
Nadine Romain
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and General Physiology, Institute of Chemistry B6c, University of Liege, B4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
*
*Corresponding author: E-mail g.dandriosse@ulg.ac.be
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Abstract

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Design:

Qualitative case study and mathematical model.

Setting:

Belgium.

Objectives:

To evaluate the correlation between the polyamine mean concentration of the milk drunk during the first postnatal month and the appearance of allergy in children who drank this milk.

Results:

A model that describes the dependence of the allergy appearance with the spermine mean concentration of milk drunk during the first postnatal month was established.

Conclusions:

This model shows that 5.02 nmol ml−1 of spermine is a critical value to prevent the appearance of allergy.

Keywords

SpermineHuman milkAllergyChildrenPostnatal period

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , September 1998 , pp. 181 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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