High beta-palmitate formula and bone strength in term infants: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-41

  Litmanovitz, Ita ^a,b   Davidson, Keren ^c   Eliakim, Alon ^a,b   Regev, Rivka H ^a,b   Dolfin, Tzipora ^a,b   Arnon, Shmuel ^a,b   Bar Yoseph, Fabiana ^d   Goren, Amit ^d   Lifshitz, Yael ^d   Nemet, Dan ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d Enzymotec Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beta palmitate; Bone speed of sound; Infant formula; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BETA PALMITATE; GLYCEROL; PALMITIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE STRENGTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PALMITIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84871743679     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: 14320827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-012-9664-8     Document Type: Article

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