Mechanisms involved in the selective transfer of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to the fetus

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Gil Sánchez, Alfonso ^a   Demmelmair, Hans ^b   Parrilla, J J ^a   Koletzko, Berthold ^b   Larqué, Elvira ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DHA; Fatty acids; Lipid droplets; Lipolysis; Placenta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870543883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00057     Document Type: Article

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