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Plasma lipoproteins in cortical infarction versus transient ischaemic attacks: a case control study

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The authors investigated the relationship between plasma lipids and the risk for cortical infarction (61 cases) and transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) (35 cases) compared with matched controls. They observed a maximal increase of total cholesterol, of very low-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein (LDL), triglycerides, total apolipoprotein (Apo), B,LDL-Apo B and Apo-Al, and small size high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and large size HDL whose separation was not possible. In contrast they observed a decrease of HDL-ApoE, a distribution of LDL in a single fraction and the presence of LDL of low weight in the group with cortical infarction with or without cardiac arhythmias. For the first time, we describe a decrease of the HDL-ApoE/total ApoE ratio. TIA differed from the former group by a low level of HDL and the lack of abnormalities of Apo-A1, distribution of small and large size HDL, and in the distribution and the weight of LDL. These data suggest that previously demonstrated differences in LDL cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol levels between patients with ischaemic stroke and control subjects may apply to patients with cortical infarction, and that in TIA there are changes in the distribution and the weight of LDL.

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Boutron, M.C., Giroud, M., Gras, P. et al. Plasma lipoproteins in cortical infarction versus transient ischaemic attacks: a case control study. J Neurol 240, 133–138 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00857516

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