Placental tissue levels of nonesterified polyunsaturated fatty acids in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-245

  Wang, Yuping ^a   Walsh, Scott W ^b   Kay, Helen H ^c  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Placenta; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; THROMBOXANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 27744491094     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641950500281118     Document Type: Article

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