© 2002 Archives of Disease in Childhood
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Phase angle and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in sickle cell disease
1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
2 Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Correspondence to:
Dr R H Glew, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Room 249, BMSB, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA;
rglew{at}salud.unm.edu
Phase angle, an impedance parameter used for nutritional assessment, is reflective of the capacitance properties of cell membranes. We have shown a significant correlation between the proportions of specific n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the serum phospholipids of Nigerian children with sickle cell disease and their phase angles determined by bioelectrical impedance analysis.
Keywords: polyunsaturated fatty acid; sickle cell disease; phase angle
Abbreviations: BIA, bioelectrical impedance analysis; SCD, sickle cell disease
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