Improved cognitive development among preterm infants attributable to early supplementation of human milk with docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1137-1145

  Henriksen, Christine ^a   Haugholt, Kristin ^b   Lindgren, Magnus ^b,c   Aurvåg, Anne Karin ^d   Rønnestad, Arild ^e   Grønn, Morten ^e   Solberg, Rønnaug ^f   Moen, Atle ^g   Nakstad, Britt ^d   Berge, Rolf Kristian ^h   Smith, Lars ^b   Iversen, Per Ole ^a   Drevon, Christian André ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^g Sykehuset Buskerud HF   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Developmental outcomes; Fatty acids; Human milk; Preterm infants; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AGE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE;

EID: 48949102177     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1511     Document Type: Article

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