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Brent Wegher

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Publications

4

Citations

893

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4

Active since

1996

Affiliations

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism(Current)

National Institutes of Health

Brent Wegher is an author at National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism specializing in metabolism, physiology, and biochemistry.

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MetabolismPhysiologyBiochemistryMedicineNutritionInfant NutritionHealthEmbryologyPediatricsEngineering

Publications per year

1996–2000

4

Publications

4

Arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids are biosynthesized from their 18-carbon precursors in human infants.

N. Salem, Brent Wegher, Pedro Mena et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 488 citations · Full text

Lipid Analysis, Nutrition, Engineering +22

Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Formation in Neonates: Effect of Gestational Age and Intrauterine Growth

Ricardo Uauy, Patrícia Mena, Brent Wegher et al. · Pediatric Research · 2000 · 243 citations · Full text

Pregnancy Nutrition, Nutrition, Developmental Biology +12

In vivo conversion of linoleic acid to arachidonic acid in human adults

N. Salem, Robert J. Pawlosky, Brent Wegher et al. · Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids · 1999 · 131 citations

Lipid Analysis, Biochemistry, Vivo Conversion +5

The effects of cigarette smoking on the metabolism of essential fatty acids

Robert J. Pawlosky, Joseph R. Hibbeln, Brent Wegher et al. · Lipids · 1999 · 31 citations

Cigarette Smoking, Metabolic Syndrome, Biochemistry +7

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