Fetal intrauterine whole body linoleic, arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid contents and accretion rates

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 13-20

  Kuipers, Remko S ^a,c,d   Luxwolda, Martine F ^a   Offringa, Pieter J ^b   Rudi Boersma, E ^b   Dijck Brouwer, D A Janneke ^a   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b St Maarten ^*

^c St Elisabeth Hospital   (Aruba)

^d Dr Horacio E Oduber Hospital   (Aruba)

Author keywords

AA; Accretion rate; Adipose tissue; Arachidonic acid; DHA; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acids; Fetal; Intrauterine; LA; Linoleic acid; Milk; Preterm; Recommendation; Requirement; Term

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER; LUNG; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETON; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRAIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LINOLEIC ACID; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84155165459     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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