Essential fatty acids and their role in the treatment of impulsivity disorders

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-216

  Hallahan, Brian ^a   Garland, Malcolm R ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PRIMROSE OIL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPPLEMENTATION; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 3843074165     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2004.03.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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