High polyunsaturated fatty acid, thromboxane A2, and alpha- fetoprotein concentrations at the human feto-maternal interface

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 276-286

  Benassayag, C ^a   Mignot, T M ^a   Haourigui, M ^a   Civel, C ^a   Hassid, J ^b   Carbonne, B ^a   Nunez, E A ^b   Ferre, F ^a  

^a Univ René Descartes ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

free fatty acids; intervillous blood; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTACYCLIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; THROMBOXANE A2;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHORIONIC VILLI; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EPOPROSTENOL; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SERUM ALBUMIN; THROMBOXANE A2;

EID: 0030993909     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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