Plasma membrane phospholipid fatty acid composition of cultured skin fibroblasts from schizophrenic patients: Comparison with bipolar patients and normal subjects

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 133-142

  Mahadik, Sahebarao P ^a,b   Mukherjee, Sukdeb ^a,b   Horrobin, David F ^c   Jenkins, Kenneth ^c   Correnti, Elizabeth E ^d   Scheffer, Russell E ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Efamol Limited   (Canada)

^d EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Essential fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN;

EID: 0030608146     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02899-5     Document Type: Article

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