Neurologic condition of healthy term infants at 18 months: Positive association with venous umbilical DHA status and negative association with umbilical trans-fatty acids

Pediatric Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 334-339

  Bouwstra, Hylco ^a   Dijck Brouwer, Janneke ^b   Decsi, Tamás ^c   Boehm, Günther ^d   Boersma, E Rudy ^b   Muskiet, Frits A J ^b   Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d Numico Research Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TRANS FATTY ACIDS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 33747612875     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000233043.16674.1d     Document Type: Article

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