Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-120

  Hamosh, Margit ^a   Salem Jr , Norman ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation; Premature, term infants; Visual, cognitive function

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MILK FAT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CELL LEVEL; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE LEVEL; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031847553     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014017     Document Type: Review

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