Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in infants born at term

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Jasani, Bonny ^a   Simmer, Karen ^a   Patole, Sanjay K ^b   Rao, Shripada C ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COGNITION; GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERM BIRTH; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TERM BIRTH; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 85014945651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000376.pub4     Document Type: Review

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