Effect of supplementation of women in high-risk pregnancies with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on pregnancy outcomes and growth measures at birth: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-259

  Horvath, Andrea ^a   Koletzko, Berthold ^b   Szajewska, Hania ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; High risk pregnancy; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBASE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL GROWTH; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447627902     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507709078     Document Type: Review

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