Visual acuity and cognitive outcomes at 4 years of age in a double-blind, randomized trial of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid-supplemented infant formula

Early Human Development

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 279-284

  Birch, Eileen E ^a,b   Garfield, Sharon ^a   Castañeda, Yolanda ^a   Hughbanks Wheaton, Dianna ^a   Uauy, Ricardo ^c   Hoffman, Dennis ^a  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Infant; Infant formula; IQ; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Preschool child; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ACUITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34147161672     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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