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Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper
; 66(9): 893-8, 1990 Sep.
Article
in Italian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2149985
ABSTRACT
Plasma samples obtained from Retinitis Pigmentosa (R.P.) patients and controls were assayed for docosahexaenoic acid (DXA), the major fatty acid in photoreceptor cells, in order to evaluate the possibility that abnormalities in PUFA metabolism could be involved in R.P. pathogenesis. Our preliminary results show levels of plasma DXA in dominantly inherited R.P. lower than in the recessive forms and controls.