Diets enriched in docosahexaenoic acid fail to correct progressive rod- cone degeneration (prcd) phenotype

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2387-2407

  Aguirre, Gustavo D ^a   Acland, Gregory M ^a   Maude, Maureen B ^b,c,d   Anderson, Robert E ^b,c,d  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Dog; Fish oil; Progressive retinal atrophy; Progressive rod cone degeneration; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FAT INTAKE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; LIVER; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PLANT OILS; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 0030799291     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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