Effect of formula supplemented with docosahexaenoic acid and γ- linolenic acid on fatty acid status and visual acuity in term infants

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 412-421

  Jørgensen, Marianne Hørby ^a   Hølmer, Gunhild ^b   Lund, Pia ^b   Hernell, Olle ^c   Michaelsen, Kira Fleischer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Formula feeding; Human milk; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LIPID COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BREAST FEEDING; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; FISH OILS; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; MILK, HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031923484     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199804000-00010     Document Type: Article

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