A pilot study on plasma fatty acids in poorly controlled non insulin dependent (Type 2) Melanesian diabetics

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 295-297

  Rao, S ^a   Erasmus, R T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MELANESIA; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PILOT STUDY; RAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MELANESIA; PILOT PROJECTS; RATS;

EID: 0030252401     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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