Essential fatty acids and visual dysfunction

Fatty Acids in Foods and their Health Implications, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1020-1060

  Vingrys, Algis J ^a   Weymouth, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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METABOLITES; PROTEINS;

BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS; MEMBRANE-BOUND PROTEINS; OMEGA-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; OMEGA-3-FATTY ACIDS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; VISUAL DYSFUNCTIONS;

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

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