Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 13-20 , January 2012

Fetal intrauterine whole body linoleic, arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid contents and accretion rates

  • Remko S. Kuipers

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
    • St. Elisabeth Hospital, Curacao
    • Dr. Horacio E. Oduber Hospital, Aruba
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Internal Post Code EA61, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 50 361 0399/361 9228; fax: +31 50 361 2290.
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  • Martine F. Luxwolda

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Pieter J. Offringa

      Affiliations

    • St. Maarten (former Netherlands Antilles)
    • ,
  • E. Rudi Boersma

      Affiliations

    • Groningen, The Netherlands and Capetown, South Africa
    • ,
  • D.A. Janneke Dijck-Brouwer

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Frits A.J. Muskiet

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 6 October 2011 ,Revised 24 October 2011 ,Accepted 25 October 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2011.10.012

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Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 13-20 , January 2012

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