Effects of maternal ω-3 supplementation on fatty acids and on visual and cognitive development

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 472-480

  Hurtado, Jose A ^b   Iznaola, Carmen ^a   Peña, Manuela ^a   Ruíz, Josefa ^a   Peña Quintana, Luis ^d   Kajarabille, Naroa ^b   Rodriguez Santana, Yessica ^c   Sanjurjo, Pablo ^e   Aldámiz Echevarría, Luis ^e   Ochoa, Julio ^b   Lara Villoslada, Federico ^f  

^a Hospital Materno Infantil de Granada   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^f Agricultural Economics Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acid profile; Lactation; Nervonic acid; Pregnancy; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETITIAN; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL;

BEVERAGES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLOSTRUM; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FISH OILS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK, HUMAN; NEUROGENESIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84942546667     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000864     Document Type: Article

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