Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid status and early growth of low birth weight infants

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-152

  Woltil, H A ^a   Van Beusekom, C M ^b   Schaafsma, A ^c   Muskiet, F A J ^b   Okken, A ^b  

^a MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Friesland Dairy Foods ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Breast milk; Docosahexaenoic acid; Growth; Low birth weight; Milk formula

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031886382     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050787     Document Type: Article

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