Early docosahexaenoic acid supplementation of mothers during lactation leads to high plasma concentrations in very preterm infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-236

  Marc, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Plourde, Mélanie ^b   Lucas, Michel ^c   Sterescu, Anca ^d   Piedboeuf, Bruno ^a   Dufresne, Alexandra ^a   Nuyt, Anne Monique ^d   Lévy, Émile ^d   Dodin, Sylvie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; PREMATURITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK, HUMAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251499731     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.125880     Document Type: Article

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