Assessing whether early attention of very preterm infants can be improved by an omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid intervention: a follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

INTRODUCTION: Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) accumulates in the frontal lobes (responsible for higher-order cognitive skills) of the fetal brain during the last trimester of pregnancy. Infants born preterm miss some of this in utero provision of DHA, and have an increased risk of suboptimal neurodevelop...

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Autores principales: Gould, Jacqueline F, Colombo, John, Collins, Carmel T, Makrides, Maria, Hewawasam, Erandi, Smithers, Lisa G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:
Paediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5988071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29804059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020043

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5988071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29804059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020043

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