Plasma and erythrocyte phospholipid fatty acids composition in Serbian hemodialyzed patients.

Dyslipidemia is one of the possible risk factors for advanced atherosclerosis in patients with chronic renal failure. Abnormal phospholipid metabolism may play an important role in the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with renal failure. The aim of this study was to determine specific characteristics of plasma and erythrocyte phospholipid content and fatty acid composition in 37 patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis (HD).

[Alpha-linolenic acid and cardiovascular diseases].

IMPORTANCE AND METABOLISM OF ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID: Alpha-linolenic acid is an essential fatty acid which cannot be produced in the body and must be taken by food. Both in animals and humans, alpha-linolenic acid is desaturated and elongated into eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid. It is also incorporated into plasma and tissue lipids and its conversion is affected by levels of linoleic acid.

Effects of different quantities of fat on serum and liver lipids, phospholipid class distribution and fatty acid composition in alcohol-treated rats.

The present study investigated the quantitative effect of dietary fats and ingestion of alcohol on serum and liver lipids, fatty acid bound to phospholipids and their class distribution of male Wistar rats. The rats in C (control) and A (alcohol) groups were fed a standard laboratory diet, HFC (high fat-control) and HFA (high fat-alcohol) groups were fed a high fat diet (standard diet supplemented with 20 g%w/w, sunflower oil: lard mixture 1: 1) for 6 wk. Alcohol-treated rats consumed alcohol at the rate of 9 g/kgbw/d (15-20% energy).

[Changes in the oral caused by scurvy].

This report presents a case of a psychiatric patient with scurvy. Upon the clinical examination of the oral cavity, dry and pale lips were noted. Gingiva was highly edematous, soft, purple blue with ulcerated margins.

[Visual hallucinations in mentally healthy persons--the Charles Bonnet syndrome].

Charles Bonnet syndrome is described as complex visual hallucinations that are known to occur in individuals with impaired vision whose emotional and intellectual functions are within normal range. This paper presents a case of a 82 years old woman who experienced an individual hallucinatory episode during three days: seeing, alert and with her eyes open, different figures and images, static and moving in lovely colors that disappeared with closing her eyes and appeared as new with opening it. The diagnostic procedure comprised EEG and ophthalmologic examination.