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Abnormalities of fatty acid metabolism in CF
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This study found low tissue levels of the fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DA) and a raised ratio of arachidonic acid (AA) to DA in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) compared with healthy controls in nasal and rectal biopsy specimens (p<0.001 and p = 0.009 for the ratios, respectively). In cells from …