Double-blind, randomized trial of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in formula fed to preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 73-82

  Fewtrell, Mary S ^a   Morley, Ruth ^b   Abbott, Rebecca A ^c   Singhal, Atul ^d   Isaacs, Elizabeth B ^e   Stephenson, Terence ^a   MacFadyen, Una ^b   Lucas, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Growth; LCPUFA; Neurodevelopment; Preterm infant; Randomized trial; Safety

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036300192     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.1.73     Document Type: Article

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