The very low birth weight premature infant is capable of synthesizing arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids from linoleic and linolenic acids

Pediatric Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 169-174

  Carnielli, Virgilio P ^a   Wattimena, Darcos J L ^b   Luijendijk, Ingrid H T ^b   Boerlage, Annexe ^b   Degenhart, Herman J ^b   Sauer, Pieter J J ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BOTTLE FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029977186     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199607000-00029     Document Type: Article

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