“…In the total lipids of plasma in AEpatients, not treated or treated with diiodoquin, several authors found low linoleic acid with a normal or low arachidonic acid concentration [5,8,14,30,32,37], and in a few cases also an increased oleic acid level [5,32,37] was found. Similar patterns were also observed in patients with zinc deficiency due to parenteral nutrition, short bowel syndrome and cystic fibrosis [3,18,24,33], though insufficient supply and lipid malabsorption may have contributed to the changes in these cases.…”