Correlation of the fatty acid composition and fluid property of the cholesteryl esters in the serum of Nigerian children with sickle cell disease and healthy controls

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-68

  Glew, R H ^a   Casados, J ^a   Huang, Y S ^b   Chuang, L T ^b   VanderJagt, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; LCAT; Membrane fluidity; Nigeria; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELTING POINT; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NIGERIA;

EID: 0037272396     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(02)00275-2     Document Type: Article

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