Whole blood fatty acid composition differs in term versus mildly preterm infants: Small versus matched appropriate for gestational age

Pediatric Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-302

  Agostoni, Carlo ^a,b   Marangoni, Franca ^a   Stival, Giorgio ^a   Gatelli, Italo ^a   Pinto, Francesca ^a   RisI, Patrizia ^a   Giovannini, Marcello ^a   Galli, Claudio ^a   Riva, Enrica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TERM BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 55749085103     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e31817d9c23     Document Type: Article

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