Omega 3/omega 6 ratio in peripheral blood mononuclear cells – a biomarker for asthma?

A. Varma, S. S. Mastana, M. R. Lindley (Loughborough, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - New results in molecular pathology and functional genomics of non-neoplastic lung diseases
Session: New results in molecular pathology and functional genomics of non-neoplastic lung diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 855
Disease area: Airway diseases

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A. Varma, S. S. Mastana, M. R. Lindley (Loughborough, United Kingdom). Omega 3/omega 6 ratio in peripheral blood mononuclear cells – a biomarker for asthma?. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 855

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