Fatty acid patterns early after premature birth, simultaneously analysed in mothers' food, breast milk and serum phospholipids of mothers and infants

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The supply of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids via the placenta is interrupted in premature infants, making them exclusively dependent on breast milk, which varies in fatty acid (FA) concentrations depending on the mother'...

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Main Authors: Petzold Max, Bona Elsa, Lundqvist-Persson Cristina, Sabel Karl-Göran, Strandvik Birgitta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Online Access:http://www.lipidworld.com/content/8/1/20