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• 1.   Nutritional factors and visual function in premature infants

  This article discusses blood lutein and zeaxanthin - believed to play a role in protecting the eye against oxidative and light damage - levels in neonates

  

  Abstract:

  Approximately 5-7% of all infants are born prematurely, and birth before 37 weeks is the most common cause of neonatal mortality, morbidity and long-term disability. Premature infants are poorly equipped for life outside the womb, and oxidant stress has been implicated in the aetiology of visual impairment in these infants, who are often exposed to increased O2 concentrations and high more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Proc Nutr Soc, Vol: 60 Page: 171-8 May 2001
  V. C. Jewell; C. A. Northrop-Clewes; R. Tubman; D. I. Thurnham

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