Neuropsychiatric development: two case reports about the use of dietary fish oils and/or choline supplementation in children.
Choline supplementation has been used with moderate success in subgroups of adult patients with neuropsychiatric and medical problems. The dietary fish oils have also been used in adults with hypercholesterolemia. We report on two young children with multiple neurodevelopmental delays, one who responded to choline and eicosapentaenoic acid, and the other to choline alone. A brief discussion about choline's metabolic pathways and benefits is included.
Woodbury
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Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Woodbury
M A
MA
D002648:Child; D002794:Choline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000178:diet therapy*; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005395:Fish Oils / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy*
D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D005395:Fish Oils; D002794:Choline