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Abstract
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IN’I’RODUCTOII MtI am 0’” ’1’BB WORK
LipJ.ds consUtut~ part or vital cell structures in
addition to baing a major &oUrce of ene.rqy for biologic
r4:!actions, their inclusion in the dl4:!tresults in 9reater
platability and suppUes a b:i.gn dGln.ll1ty of calories with
~int.al o~~Qlarity and .ininal aoluttl load Csal••, ~989).
Lipids have an importan.t rsgu12ltinq role in nQrvous
sy$ten via controlling nerve impulse spread and orientat~
Ion owing to their electroinsulatinq properties, tlleyare
necessary fm:~synthesis of .any vital subst.ances e.g.
p:rocll-t.aqla:ndinpsr,ostaoyolins,leukotil”illlnll’, and lipoxins.
which are necessary tor optimal growth, re~roduction,
inteqrlty of vari,ous tissues in ”ddition t,o many other
functions (~it by .~ .1., 1t85).
Since theappuarance at ~Lrly report. or hypercholesterc.
lelllla.in the newborns ot knc.wn hypercboloest.erolaeillic
p<lrlClnts. interest has heeA focused o~st’Qdie~ of the
newborns w1~ the aim ot ~arly detection of a~hercgen!c .~ ..
hyp~rlipidemia and a 1arge amount of ~esea~ch and
epldealological work bas been devote~ to the stUdy of the
sorum lipids patterns in newborn. in an attellpt to define
tbo optimal parameters and Bcreenin9 p~oced~res tor early
detection and lIlana9Jllontof nyperc:holestorolemia (Ander.oft
.ta1., 1971) and Beren”’e;tJlJ.t .1. (19.’1’.
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the present ~tudy we estiMated total cholestarOl,
lipoprotei’n-cand apolipoprotein-B in C<lrd blood of the
. n.avborns at diff,er·ent gestati,onal age. and inneOiborns of
diabetic mothers aiming atqivin9 an apprQBche the e:ttects
of prenaturity and ma~ernal diabetes on these aspects of
lipid tae1:aboHSlDand to the early predictiDn ot hYllerUpide~
ia with its possihle i.pact on tuture as a risk fRctor
fDr ath.rosclerosis in o1.de.r .l!.qe.