Evaluation of Fatty Acids in Membrane Phospholipids of Erythrocytes in Retinitis pigmentosa Patients

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-98

  Simonelli, Francesca ^a   Manna, Caterina ^b   Romano, Nicola ^b   Nunziata, Giuseppe ^a   Voto, Olga ^a   Rinaldi, Ernesto ^a  

^a Eye Clinic   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Docosahexanoic acid; Fatty acids; Phospholipids; Red blood cells; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0029992107     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267880     Document Type: Article

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