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SUBMITTER: Zimmerman E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4849846 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zimmerman Emily E Maki Monika M Maron Jill J
Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies 20160101 1
The objective of the study is to determine whether salivary FOXP2 gene expression levels at the initiation of oral feeding attempts are predictive of oral feeding success in the premature newborn. In this prospective study, saliva samples from 21 premature infants (13 males; birth gestational age [GA]: 30-34 wk) were collected around the initiation of oral feeding trials. Total RNA was extracted and underwent reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction amplification for FOXP2. O ...[more]