Linoleate and Fatty-acid Patterns of Serum Lipids in Multiple Sclerosis and Other Diseases
- 6 July 1974
- Vol. 3 (5922), 18-21
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5922.18
Abstract
The linoleic acid content of serum lipids was measured in 47 patients with multiple sclerosis, 29 patients with other neurological diseases, 35 patients with acute non-neurological illnesses, and 49 healthy control subjects. Reduced linoleic acid content of serum lipids was not specific to multiple sclerosis and occurred in all ill patients with acute non-neurological illness. The fatty-acid pattern of serum lipids in illness resembles that of essential fatty-acid deficiency. It seems that this pattern of reduced linoleic acid content with increased oleic, palmitic, and palmitoleic acid content may be a general phenomenon in ill patients.Keywords
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