Supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid in the last trimester of pregnancy: Maternal-fetal biochemical findings

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-136

  Sanjurjo, Pablo ^a   Ruiz Sanz, Jose I ^a   Jimeno, Pilar ^a   Aldámiz Echevarría, Luis ^a   Aquino, Lourdes ^a   Matorras, Roberto ^a   Esteban, Judit ^a   Banqué, Montserrat ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^b Novartis Health Consumer Res Group   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Essential fatty acids; Newborn infant; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BLOOD; FAT INTAKE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942679338     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2004.024     Document Type: Article

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