Visual acuity and fatty acid status of term infants fed human milk and formulas with and without docosahexaenoate and arachidonate from egg yolk lecithin

Pediatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 882-888

  Carlson, Susan E ^a,b   Ford, Amy J ^a   Werkman, Susan H ^a   Peeples, Jeanette M ^a   Koo, Winston W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Newborn Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0029924407     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199605000-00024     Document Type: Article

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