title: [Free fatty acid levels in the blood serum and aqueous humor of patients with cataract].
abstract: The authors present the results of determination of the level of free fatty acids in the serum and aqueous in patients with a senile cataract (23 persons), with cataract and glaucoma (9 persons), complicated post-uveitis cataract (10 persons) and diabetic cataract (10 persons). The level of the free fatty acids in senile cataract was significantly lower in the aqueous in comparison with the serum. Their content in senile cataract was significantly lower in comparison with cataract and glaucoma and with complicated cataract.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Okulistycznego Szpitala Górniczego w Sosnowcu, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szaflik
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stepien
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wylegała
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Romaniuk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002386:Cataract / Q000378:metabolism*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified
vernacular_title: Poziom wolnych kwasów tłuszczowych w surowicy krwi i cieczy wodnistej u pacjentów z zaćmq.