taking the net protein utilization of 80 % in preterm infants ( snyderman et al. , 1969 ) we calculated the protein requirement of preterm infants from the fetal protein accretion rate to be at a maximum of 2.7 g/kg b.w . day for the fetus growing on the 50th weight centile during the 30th to 31st postconceptional week .
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protein
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fetal protein