| Literature DB >> 4835464 |
W C Love, A Cashell, M Reynolds, N Callaghan.
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.Entities:
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Year: 1974 PMID: 4835464 PMCID: PMC1611371 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.3.5922.18
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Med J ISSN: 0007-1447