[Changes in lipid composition of blood serum and erythrocytes in patients with transient focal cerebral ischemia]. / Zmiany skladu lipidowego surowicy krwi i krwinek czerwonych u chorych z przemijajacym niedokrwieniem ogniskowym mózgu.

Determinations of the lipid pattern of the serum and erythrocytes were carried out in 27 patients with transient focal cerebral ischaemia and in 20 healthy subjects. In the group of patients with transient focal cerebral ischaemia the levels of total lipids, phospholipids and cholesterol were higher in the serum and erythrocytes than in healthy controls.

[Disorders of lipid metabolism in headaches of various etiologies]. / Zaburzenia gospodarki tluszczowej w bólach glowy o róznej etiologii.

The authors studied the behaviour of various serum lipid fractions in 46 patients with headaches of various aetiology. No differences were found in the concentrations of various serum lipid fractions in the groups of patients with headaches, the only exception was kephalins. It was observed also that the concentration of total phospholipids and esterified cholesterol was significantly higher in all patients with headaches as compared with controls. Moreover, only in patients with migraine a statistically significant rise was observed in the concentrations of kephalins, total cholesterol and total lipids in relation to healthy subjects.

[Inositol in the cerebrospinal fluid, plasma and erythrocytes in spinal pain syndromes]. / Inozytol w plynie mózgowo-rdzeniowym, osoczu i krwinkach czerwonych w zespolach bólowych kregoslupa.

The studies, performed on 40 patients with brachialgia and ischialgia syndromes, showed higher CSF inositol concentrations in comparison with healthy subjects. The highest rise was observed particularly in patients in the initial stage of disease, while the rise was lower in more severe forms of the disease and in cases with root compression confirmed by radiculography. Blood plasma and erythrocyte concentrations of inositol and phosphatidylinositol were within normal range, although they significantly differed in various brachialgia and ischialgia syndromes.