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Biochem Cell Biol. 2012 Jun;90(3):457-67. doi: 10.1139/o11-087. Epub 2012 Mar 1.

Clinical studies of lactoferrin in children.

Ochoa TJ1, Pezo A, Cruz K, Chea-Woo E, Cleary TG.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22380791/

We conducted a systematic and critical review of published literature and found 19 clinical studies that have used human or bovine LF for different outcomes: iron metabolisms and anemia (6 studies), fecal flora (5 studies), enteric infections (3 studies), common pediatric illnesses (1 study), immunomodulation (3 studies), and neonatal sepsis (1 study). Although the efficacies have varied in each trial, the main finding of all published studies is the safety of the intervention