Whole blood fatty acid composition at birth: From the maternal compartment to the infant

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-505

  Agostoni, Carlo ^a   Galli, Claudio ^a   Riva, Enrica ^a   Risé, Patrizia ^a   Colombo, Claudio ^a   Giovannini, Marcello ^a   Marangoni, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Fatty acids; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Newborn infants; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TRIPLETS; INFANT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 79960699794     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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