Omega-3 fatty acid deficiency in infants before birth identified using a randomized trial of maternal DHA supplementation in pregnancy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mulder, Kelly A ^a   King, D Janette ^a   Innis, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID DEFICIENCY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MCARTHUR COMMUNICATIVE DEVELOPMENTAL INVENTORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84897480882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083764     Document Type: Article

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