Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 101-106 , February 2009

Higher de novo synthesized fatty acids and lower ω3- and ω6-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in umbilical vessels of women with preeclampsia and high fish intakes

  • Victor J.B. Huiskes

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    • Laboratory Center, University Medical Center Groningen, CMC-V, Room Y 1.147, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Remko S. Kuipers

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    • Laboratory Center, University Medical Center Groningen, CMC-V, Room Y 1.147, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31503612733/9228; fax: +31503612290.
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  • Francien V. Velzing-Aarts

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    • Laboratory Center, University Medical Center Groningen, CMC-V, Room Y 1.147, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • D.A. Janneke Dijck-Brouwer

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    • Laboratory Center, University Medical Center Groningen, CMC-V, Room Y 1.147, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Jan van der Meulen

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    • Logistics Coordinator, Haren, The Netherlands
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  • Frits A.J. Muskiet

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    • Laboratory Center, University Medical Center Groningen, CMC-V, Room Y 1.147, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 19 May 2008 ,Accepted 3 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2008.11.003

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 101-106 , February 2009

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