The utility of omega-3 fatty acids in epilepsy: More than just a farmed tilapia!;A utilidade do ácido graxo ômega-3 na epilepsia: Mais do que uma criação de tilápias!

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-121

  Terra, Vera C ^a   Arida, Ricardo M ^b   Rabello, Guilherme M ^b   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^b   Scorza, Fulvio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Omega 3; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AUTOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; TILAPIA;

EID: 79952345016     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2011000100022     Document Type: Review

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