title: [Fatty diet and multiple sclerosis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Multiple sclerosis (ME) is an inflammatory disease of the myelin of the central nervous system, the origin of which is still unknown. Genetic, infectious, immunological and environmental factors have all been blamed, but none of these factors on their own can explain the whole spectrum of this disease. Of the environmental factors, fat in the diet has given rise to most discussion. At the present time, it is known that polyunsaturated essential fatty acids form a part of biological membranes. A relationship has been found between the dietary fat consumed and the plasma levels and cell membrane content.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The possible immuno-modulation function of these fatty acids justify rigorous evaluation of this hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurología, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Andrés
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lledó
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000378:metabolism; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000378:metabolism; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015213:Neuroimmunomodulation / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
vernacular_title: Dieta grasa y esclerosis múltiple.