Effects of fish-oil and folate supplementation of pregnant women on maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid: A European randomized multicenter trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1392-1400

  Krauss Etschmann, Susanne ^a,b   Shadid, Rania ^a,b   Campoy, Cristina ^c   Hoster, Eva ^a   Demmelmair, Hans ^a   Jiménez, Margarita ^c   Gil, Angel ^c   Rivero, Montserrat ^d   Veszprémi, Béla ^f   Decsi, Tamas ^e   Koletzko, Berthold V ^a,e  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Laboratories Ordesa   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^f Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich ^*

Author keywords

DHA; Eicosapentaenoic acid; EPA; Fetal docosahexaenoic acid; Folate; LC PUFA; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Pregnancy; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EUROPE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 34248398454     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.5.1392     Document Type: Article

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