Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and visual function in preterm infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 35-53

  Leaf, Alison ^a,d   Gosbell, Andrew ^b   McKenzie, Linda ^a   Sinclair, Andrew ^c   Favilla, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Ocular Diagnostic Service   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs); Preterm infant; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; B WAVE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEWBORN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PREMATURITY; RETINA ROD; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030570564     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3782(95)01712-7     Document Type: Article

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