Food allergy in small children carries a risk of essential fatty acid deficiency, as detected by elevated serum mead acid proportion of total fatty acids

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Paassilta, Marita ^a,b   Kuusela, Elina ^b   Korppi, Matti ^b   Lemponen, Riina ^b   Kaila, Minna ^b,c   Nikkari, Seppo T ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child; Elimination diet; Essential fatty acid deficiency; Food allergy; Mead acid

Indexed keywords

5,8,11 ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; MARGARINE; VEGETABLE OIL; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; VOMITING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DIET; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 84964312915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-13-180     Document Type: Article

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