The origins and roles of cholesterol and fatty acids in the fetus

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 305-312

  Woollett, Laura Ann ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS; FETUS; HUMANS; STEROLS;

EID: 0034965078     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200106000-00010     Document Type: Review

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