Randomized, double-blind trial of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation with fish oil and borage oil in preterm infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 471-479

  Fewtrell, Mary S ^a   Abbott, Rebecca A ^b   Kennedy, Kathy ^b   Singhal, Atul ^b   Morley, Ruth ^b   Caine, Eleanor ^b   Jamieson, Cherry ^b   Cockburn, Forrester ^b   Lucas, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BORAGE OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 1842450595     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.01.034     Document Type: Article

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