Polyunsaturated fatty acid accretion in first- and second-trimester human fetal brain: Lack of correlation with levels in paired placental samples

Biochemical and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-43

  Percy, Phyllis ^a   Percy, Alan ^a   Vilbergsson, Gudjon ^b   Månsson, Jan Eric ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID COMPOSITION; PLACENTA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030273324     PISSN: 10773150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bmme.1996.0062     Document Type: Article

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