A rapid method for determining arachidonic: Eicosapentaenoic acid ratios in whole blood lipids - Correlation with erythrocyte membrane ratios and validation in a large Italian population of various ages and pathologies

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rizzo, Angela M ^a   Montorfano, Gigliola ^a   Negroni, Manuela ^a   Adorni, Laura ^a   Berselli, Patrizia ^a   Corsetto, Paola ^a   Wahle, Klaus ^b   Berra, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTER; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIET RESTRICTION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77649279879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-9-7     Document Type: Article

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