Requirements for long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in the preterm infant

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a   Mena, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BREAST MILK; DIET; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 0032953442     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199904000-00003     Document Type: Review

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