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Transient, infrequent bowel movements in the exclusively breast-fed infant

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Eggermont, E. Transient, infrequent bowel movements in the exclusively breast-fed infant. Eur J Pediatr 163, 632–633 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-004-1515-9

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