Synthesis and release of docosahexaenoic acid by the RPE cells of prcd- affected dogs

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2418-2422

  Chen, Huiming ^a,b,c   Ray, Jharna ^d   Scarpino, Virginia ^d   Acland, Gregory M ^d   Aguirre, Gustavo D ^d   Anderson, Robert E ^a,b,c  

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

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

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

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVONIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD;

EID: 0032876923     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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