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Diagnosis and Treatment of Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency in Man

Year: 1974

Type: article

Abstract: Essential fatty acid deficiency was found on four occasions in three adult patients with malabsorption after intestinal resection. Diagnosis was primarily based on the gas chromatographic finding of the abnormal fatty acid 5, 8, 11- (omega9) eicosatrienoic acid in plasma lecithin. None of the patients had received parenteral nutrition with a fat-free source of calories but all had been on a reduced intake of dietary fat at some stage. Treatment with intravenous Intralipid rapidly reversed the abnormal plasma fatty acid pattern and also cleared the rash in the patient wih he most severe deficiency.

Source: BMJ

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5913.247

Authors: M. Press, H. Kikuchi, T. Shimoyama, G. R. Thompson

Institutions: Hyogo Medical University, Hirosaki University, Hammersmith Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Fatty Acid Research and Health

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Medical Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council