PUFA Supplement in ADHD: Meta Analysis

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-4-9

PUFA Supplement in ADHD: Meta Analysis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 4

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Apr 2014

Abstract

Researchers at Hammersmith Hospital, London, and Academy of Nutritional Medicine, Cambridge, UK, conducted an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in ADHD, using data on PUFA content obtained from independent fatty acid methyl ester analyses of each study PUFA regimen.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-4-9 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 32 - 32

Published on: Apr 1, 2014

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Y-Linolenic Acid,

Eicosapentaenoic Acid,

Polyunsaturated Fatty

© 2014 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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