Phosphatidylcholine supplementation in pregnant women consuming moderate-choline diets does not enhance infant cognitive function: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1465-1472

  Cheatham, Carol L ^a,b   Goldman, Barbara Davis ^a,b   Fischer, Leslie M ^c   Da Costa, Kerry Ann ^c   Reznick, J Steven ^a,b   Zeisel, Steven H ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANT WOMAN; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; COGNITION; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NORTH CAROLINA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869765864     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.037184     Document Type: Article

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