Dietary docosahexaenoic acid improves red blood cell deformability in rats

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-288

  Pöschl, Johannes M B ^b   Leray, Claude ^a   Groscolas, Renè ^a   Ruef, Peter ^c   Linderkamp, Otwin ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Erythrocyte deformability; Fish oil; Rats

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0343010443     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0049-3848(95)00246-4     Document Type: Article

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