Umbilical cord PUFA are determined by maternal and child fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genetic variants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1196-1210

  Lattka, Eva ^a   Koletzko, Berthold ^b   Zeilinger, Sonja ^a   Hibbeln, Joseph R ^c   Klopp, Norman ^a,d   Ring, Susan M ^e   Steer, Colin D ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC); Cord blood; FADS; Fetal fatty acid supply

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID DESATURASE GENE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENGLAND; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84876115474     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512003108     Document Type: Article

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