Motor, mental and behavioral developments in infancy are associated with fatty acid pattern in breast milk and plasma of premature infants

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 86, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 183-188

  Sabel, K G ^a,b,c,d,e   Strandvik, B ^a,b,c,d,e   Petzold, M ^a,b,c,d,e   Lundqvist Persson, C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Borås Children's Hospital   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Bayley's Scales; Docosahexaenoic acid; General movements; Linoleic acid; Mead acid

Indexed keywords

5,8,11 ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MILK LEVEL; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84860331615     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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