Impact of milk type on visual maturation during early infancy

Human milk is acknowledged to provide bio-available nutrients that contribute to retinal development and visual maturation in infants. Our aim was to assess differences in visual function and retinal development in healthy full-term infants aged 4 to 6 months relation to two milk feeding regimes, exclusively breast-fed and standard formula-fed.

Subjects and method: This cross sectional comparative study included 55 healthy full-term infants aged 4 to 6 months; 25 were exclusively breast-fed and 30 were fed standard formula. Visual function and retinal development were examined using flash visual evoked potential (F-VEP) and flash electroretinogram (F-ERG).

Author(s): Afaf Abd-Elwahab Korraa

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