Low plasma taurine and later neurodevelopment.
Dietary taurine intake may explain the benefits of both breast milk and preterm formula to neurodevelopment. Low plasma neonatal taurine was associated with lower scores on the Bayley mental development index at 18 months and the WISC-R arithmetic subtest at 7 years. Currently it is not mandatory to add taurine to infant formulas.
Wharton
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BA
Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Child Health, London WC1 1EH, UK. bwharton@ich.ucl.ac.uk
Morley
R
R
Isaacs
E B
EB
Cole
T J
TJ
Lucas
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A
D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula / Q000737:chemistry; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000097:blood; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007902:Length of Stay; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D013654:Taurine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood*
D013654:Taurine