Essential fatty acid metabolism in the micropremie

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-93

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a,c,d   Mena, Patricia ^a,b   Rojas, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^c RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSANOID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; LEUKOTRIENE; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; THROMBOXANE;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREAST MILK; CELL MEMBRANE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; ICOSANOID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN CARE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0033952949     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-5108(05)70007-5     Document Type: Article

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