Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and the pathophysiology of myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome)

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-124

  Puri, B K ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE INHIBITOR; LINOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIPOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANT OILS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33846946460     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.042424     Document Type: Review

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