Reduced levels of placental long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in preterm deliveries

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 149-153

  Dhobale, Madhavi V ^a   Wadhwani, Nisha ^a   Mehendale, Savita S ^b   Pisal, Hemlata R ^a   Joshi, Sadhana R ^a  

^a Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University   (India)

^b Bharati Vidyapeeth's Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Birth outcome; Nervonic acid; Omega 3 fatty acids; Preterm pregnancy

Indexed keywords

15 TETRACOSENOIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADULT; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BIRTH WEIGHT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052271568     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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