A randomized controlled trial of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of formula in term infants after weaning at 6 wk of age

Birch, E.E.; Hoffman, D.R.; Castañeda, Y.S.; Fawcett, S.L.; Birch, D.G.; Uauy, R.D.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 75(3): 570-580

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9165
PMID: 11864865
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/75.3.570
Document Number: 262068
Background: The critical period during which the dietary supply of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPs) may influence the maturation of cortical function in term infants is unknown. e relative importance for maturation of the visual cortex of the dietary supply of LCPs during the first 6 wk of life compared with that during weeks 7-52.

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