Transfer of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids across the human placenta

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-107

  Dutta Roy, A K ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Essential fatty acids long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Fatty acid binding proteins; Fetal development; Placenta

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000244278     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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