The Groningen LCPUFA study: No effect of postnatal long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in healthy term infants on neurological condition at 9 years

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 566-572

  De Jong, Corina ^a   Kikkert, Hedwig K ^a   Fidler, Vaclav ^a   Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Children; Groningen LCPUFA study; Long chain PUFA; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956210826     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000863     Document Type: Article

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