Efficacy of docosahexaenoic acid-enriched formula to enhance maternal and fetal blood docosahexaenoic acid levels: randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus
BACKGROUND & AIMS Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) compromises the level of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in phospholipids of maternal and fetal red blood cells and fetal plasma. This is of some concern because of the importance of DHA for fetal neuro-visual development. We have investigated...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1057/13/ClinNutr2016%2835%29_p608-614.pdf |