Plasma phospholipid essential fatty acids were investigated in 40 patients with leprosy and 40 controls. A significant reduction in linoleic acid was found in the leprosy patients, with an increase in its metabolite dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid. No difference was found between patients with multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy. Patients treated for less than 6 months were found to have low levels of linoleic acid and high levels of dihomo-gamma-linolenic and arachidonic acid compared with patients treated for more than 6 months.
BT - The British journal of dermatology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3890922?dopt=Abstract DA - 1985 Jun DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1985.tb02335.x IS - 6 J2 - Br. J. Dermatol. LA - eng N2 -Plasma phospholipid essential fatty acids were investigated in 40 patients with leprosy and 40 controls. A significant reduction in linoleic acid was found in the leprosy patients, with an increase in its metabolite dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid. No difference was found between patients with multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy. Patients treated for less than 6 months were found to have low levels of linoleic acid and high levels of dihomo-gamma-linolenic and arachidonic acid compared with patients treated for more than 6 months.
PY - 1985 SP - 673 EP - 7 T2 - The British journal of dermatology TI - Essential fatty acids in the plasma phospholipids of patients with leprosy. VL - 112 SN - 0007-0963 ER -