The effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the progress of cachexia in patients with pancreatic cancer

Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages

  Wigmore, Stephen J ^a   Ross, James A ^a   Falconer, J Stuart ^a   Plester, Claire E ^a   Tisdale, Michael J ^b   Carter, David C ^a   Fearon, Kenneth C H ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein (CRP); Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA); Gammalinolenic acid (GLA); Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CACHEXIA; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; CACHEXIA; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENERGY METABOLISM; FISH OILS; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029936742     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-9007(95)00078-x     Document Type: Article

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