[Lipid and phospholipid composition of blood plasma and erythrocyte membranes in children with hemorrhagic vasculitis].

Thin-layer chromatography examination of serum and red cell membrane lipids and phospholipids has been conducted in 37 children with hemorrhagic vasculitis. The authors found: hyperlipidemia resultant from high concentrations of triglycerides, changes in phospholipid fractions due to a relative rise in the level of phosphatidylethanolamine, altered spectrum of red cell membrane lipids due to a significant increase in free cholesterol against low triglycerides. The above shifts may cause hypercoagulation and microcirculatory affections.