Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 12 , Pages 1037-1044 , December 2009

Long-chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Stimulate Cellular Fatty Acid Uptake in Human Placental Choriocarcinoma (BeWo) Cells

  • G.M. Johnsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, POB 1046 Blindern, N-316 Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • M.S. Weedon-Fekjær

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, POB 1046 Blindern, N-316 Oslo, Norway
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  • K.A.R. Tobin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, POB 1046 Blindern, N-316 Oslo, Norway
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  • A.C. Staff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, POB 1046 Blindern, N-316 Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • A.K. Duttaroy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, POB 1046 Blindern, N-316 Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47 22851547; fax: +47 22851341.

,Accepted 10 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.10.004

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 12 , Pages 1037-1044 , December 2009

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