Attention among very low birth weight infants following early supplementation with docosahexaenoic and arachidonic acid

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-52

  Westerberg, Ane C ^a   Schei, Ragnhild ^a   Henriksen, Christine ^a   Smith, Lars ^a,b   Veierød, Marit B ^a   Drevon, Christian A ^a   Iversen, Per O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b National Network for the Study of Infant Mental Health   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive; DHA; Premature infants; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BREAST MILK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78650081460     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01946.x     Document Type: Article

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