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Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2004;89:F497-F498
© 2004 Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition


HYPOTHESIS

Low plasma taurine and later neurodevelopment

B A Wharton1, R Morley2, E B Isaacs1, T J Cole3, A Lucas1

1 MRC Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Child Health, London WC1 1EH, UK
2 Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia
3 Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health

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B A Wharton
MRC Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Child Health, London WC1 1EH, UK; bwharton{at}ich.ucl.ac.uk


ABSTRACT
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.


Keywords: taurine; neurodevelopment; Bayley; WISC


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